00:01Waves crash in northern Japan after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake Monday.
00:06In the hours after the tremor, tsunami waves reached 80 centimeters in some places,
00:11with warnings of crests up to 3 meters high.
00:13Taiwan President Lai Qingde has offered his country support,
00:17but this time Japan's engineering has again protected the country.
00:21Still, Japan is not in the clear.
00:23Its meteorological agency says past data hints an even bigger earthquake could be on the way.
00:29Magnitude 8 or bigger.
00:30There's a week-long earthquake advisory in place for these areas.
00:36Based on statistical data from earthquakes that have occurred worldwide to date,
00:40this advisory indicates that there is now roughly a 1% chance
00:44that a large-scale earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or greater could occur within the next week.
00:51But with disasters like the massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 in living memory,
00:56Japan knows exactly what a worst-case scenario looks like.
01:00The government's telling residents to get ready now.
01:04As a precaution in response to the aftershock advisory,
01:08which is expected to remain in effect for about a week,
01:11please ensure you are prepared to evacuate immediately
01:14and always carry your emergency supplies with you.
01:17Disaster prevention experts outside of Japan say this is a wise approach.
01:21History may hint at what's to come, but in the end, no one can predict earthquakes.
01:27I think the right approach is not panicking,
01:29but, you know, making sure you really have your earthquake plans in place
01:34and sort of be vigilant for any kind of warning that would say evacuate
01:37or, you know, tsunami warning, something like that.
01:40For now, the country is on alert, just in case the time for the next big one has come.
01:46John Hsu and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.
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