Tokyo Aims To Cut Estimated Deaths From Major Quake In Half
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published February 01, 2023 | 12:40 PM
TOKYO, Feb. 1 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Feb, 2023 ) --:The Tokyo metropolitan government has said that it plans to set a new target of "roughly halving" the estimated maximum death toll in the event of a significant earthquake occurring directly under the Japanese capital.
The current estimated figure stands at around 6,100 people and the metropolitan government aims to reach the new target by fiscal 2030, according to a working draft of revisions to Tokyo's regional disaster prevention plan presented at a government panel meeting on Tuesday.
The draft also covers measures to enhance disaster prevention, such as advances in the quake resistance of buildings and the greater use of non-combustible materials in their construction.
In May 2022, the metropolitan government revised down its estimate for damage from the possible earthquake by around 30 percent for the first time in about 10 years.
According to the revised estimates, the largest death toll of up to 6,148 and damage to around 194,000 buildings would result if a quake with a magnitude of 7.3 originated in the southern part of central Tokyo.
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