🚨 Japan Meteorological Agency holds emergency press conference

On the morning of the 3rd, the Japan Meteorological Agency held an emergency press conference regarding the earthquake that was observed in Ishikawa Prefecture with a seismic intensity of 5 or higher, stating that this activity was a series of events with the earthquake that had a seismic intensity of 7 on New Year's Day, and urged people to ``continue to be on guard against earthquakes of similar magnitude.'' . Satoshi Harada, Chief of the Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring Division, Japan Meteorological Agency, said, ``The mechanism and the depth of the epicenter are consistent with a series of seismic activities.We must continue to be cautious as we should continue to exercise caution in the future if something of this scale could occur.''According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, this earthquake occurred within a few seconds. It is believed that multiple earthquakes occurred at the same time. The epicenter was several kilometers away from the magnitude 7 earthquake that occurred on New Year's Day, and it was explained as part of a series of seismic activities. Since January, there have been more than 1,800 earthquakes with a seismic intensity of 1 or higher, and the Japan Meteorological Agency has warned that ``the possibility of earthquakes of the same magnitude occurring over the next week is quite high.'' [TV Asahi news]