Warga Jepang Dilanda Aksi Panic Buying

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Badan cuaca Jepang memberikan peringatan pertama terkait dengan gempa besar alias megathrust yang kemungkinan terjadi setelah guncangan berkekuatan 7,1 skala richter (SR) di wilayah selatan Jepang yang terjadi pada Kamis 8 Agustus lalu. Hal ini mengakibatkan Jepang dilanda aksi Panic Buying.

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00:00JAPAN'S WEATHER SERVICE

00:05Japan's weather service issued the first warning

00:08about a major earthquake, known as Megatross,

00:11which is likely to occur after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake

00:16in the south of Japan that occurred on Thursday, August 8.

00:20This caused Japan to panic.

00:25JAPAN'S WEATHER SERVICE

00:29Japan's weather service issued the first warning

00:31about a major earthquake, known as Megatross,

00:35which is likely to occur after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake

00:41in the south of Japan that occurred on Thursday, August 8.

00:45This caused Japan to panic.

00:52JAPAN'S WEATHER SERVICE

00:54According to Channel News Asia,

00:56in a supermarket in Tokyo,

00:58a sign was installed to apologize to customers

01:01for the lack of certain products

01:04and potential sales restrictions

01:07related to an earthquake-related media report.

01:12In addition, it was also explained that

01:14packaged drinking water was spilled

01:16because the goods were unstable.

01:19Meanwhile, on the Japanese e-commerce giant website,

01:21Rakuten,

01:22it showed that portable toilets,

01:24canned food and packaged drinking water

01:26were at the top of the list of goods most sought after.

01:31Moreover, the warning included the subduction zone

01:34of the Nankai Bay between two tectonic plates

01:37in the Pacific Ocean.

01:39Megatross has occurred in the past.

01:42The location has become the location

01:44of the 8th or 9th magnitude earthquake

01:47every one or two centuries.

01:51The central government previously estimated

01:53that the next major earthquake

01:55could occur in the next 30 years

01:57with a probability of about 70%.

02:01Currently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

02:03is urging people to refrain

02:05from accumulating goods excessively.

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