Citizen and Government Collaboration in Addressing Natural Disasters in Japan
Words: 445 Pages: 1 2191Natural hazards are indeed inevitable, even during this time of pandemic. A massive 7.3 magnitude earthquake has jolted the northeastern coast of Japan, leaving 150 injured people last February 13, 2021. It’s considered an aftershock of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake because it happened just weeks before its 10th anniversary. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake caused widespread blackouts, affecting 950,000 households, and displaced around 240 people in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures from their homes. The Japanese Intensity Scale logged it […]