It looks like smartphones will sound on Friday, November 5 for a tsunami evacuation drill in preparation for a Nankai Trough earthquake.
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Captured from the Hyogo Prefecture official website
It appears to be a prefecture-wide evacuation drill by Hyogo Prefecture. There was also an evacuation drill last year on the same date, November 5.
Details of the Simultaneous Evacuation Drill
Captured from the Hyogo Prefecture official website
November 5 is “World Tsunami Awareness Day”. The drill applies to the “tsunami inundation areas in Hyogo Prefecture expected in the event of a Nankai Trough earthquake” and the “tsunami inundation areas along the Sea of Japan coast in Hyogo Prefecture expected in the event of an earthquake.”
Captured from the Nishinomiya City official website
- At exactly 10:00, an Earthquake Early Warning will be broadcast via disaster prevention speakers and other means
- At 10:02, an Emergency Alert Email (Area Mail) and similar alerts will be sent
What Is a ShakeOut Drill?
Captured from the Kobe City official website
Have you heard of the “ShakeOut Drill,” which was also mentioned on Nishinomiya City’s official website?
It’s a newer type of disaster prevention drill that began in the United States in 2008.
More details here↓
Finally
When we were kids, we took part in evacuation drills at school, but once you’re an adult, there really aren’t many chances to join one, are there? This might be a good opportunity to check the Hyogo Prefecture CG Hazard Map, or for those who can, to try doing a ShakeOut drill. Smartphone “Emergency Alert Emails (Area Mail)” are loud and can really startle you (though of course they’re important), so just knowing that the alert will sound for an evacuation drill at 10:02 on November 5 should help keep you from being surprised. Please let your family and friends know too.
