Evacuation centers in Nankai Basin area open in 4 prefectures in Japan after warning; some have already evacuated

Residents were evacuated to the Kadogawa City Hall in Miyazaki Prefecture on Thursday.

Yomiuri Shimbun

15:38 Japan Time, August 12, 2024

A total of 139 evacuation centers have been opened in 24 municipalities in four prefectures — Aichi, Wakayama, Kochi and Kagoshima — in response to the megathrust quake. A survey by the Yomiuri Shimbun revealed that a warning has been issued about a possible quake in the Nankai Trough.

Although the warning does not call for preemptive evacuation, some municipalities have opened shelters in response to residents' requests, while others have opened them according to guidelines stating that they must be opened when emergency warnings are issued.

The survey asked about the status of evacuation shelters in the 29 governorates covered by the consultation, which include 707 municipalities, and 27 governorates responded.

Of the four prefectures, Kochi had the largest number of shelters, with 113 in 20 municipalities. Aichi came next with 20 shelters in one city, followed by Kagoshima with four shelters in two municipalities and Wakayama with two shelters in one city.

In total, 68 people were evacuated from all four governorates.

By Sunday, nearly half of the shelters had closed, leaving 65 shelters housing 22 evacuees open.

A shelter opened Friday in Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, where a tsunami of up to 34 meters is expected in the event of an earthquake in the Nankai Trough, and about 15 elderly residents living alone were evacuated from there to spend the night starting Sunday.

“There are many people who say they feel uncomfortable being alone at night,” a city official said.

In Tosa, also in Kochi Prefecture, a social care shelter opened at an elderly care facility on Friday in response to requests from residents needing assistance during the evacuation. Elderly men with chronic illnesses were staying there as of Sunday, with public health nurses and care managers providing support.

In Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, where the quake was expected to register a magnitude of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale, disaster response guidelines state that shelters should be opened when a warning is issued. As a result, 20 shelters were opened Thursday evening. A lack of air conditioning at 18 elementary and middle schools has raised concerns about heatstroke, reducing the number of available shelters to just two.

Only one person was evacuated between Thursday and Friday, but the city plans to keep shelters open for about a week, as the government continues to call for disaster preparedness.

For a strong earthquake warning, which is higher than the current warning, it will be necessary to evacuate residents in areas where tsunami evacuation cannot be completed in time. “Although it is up to the municipalities to decide whether to set up shelters, if a warning is issued, shelters will be needed, and the prefecture will be ready to support them,” said an official in one prefecture where shelters have not yet been opened.

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