Tokyo the Most Dangerous City in the World
Since the state of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant started to be widely reported a month ago, many foreigners have left Japan and less and less foreign tourists have came to Japan.
Even Secretary Mrs. Clinton stayed only for five or six hours in Tokyo yesterday.
As northeast Honshu Island of Japan turned to be another Sumatra, Tokyo could be rather another Port-au-Prince of Haiti.
Yet, no Japanese think about relocation of the capital of Japan, since no one knows when and how a big earthquake will hit Tokyo.
CHAPTER I: State of Surface of Subsoil of Japan
Fukushima Prefecture where the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant is situated comparatively based on the stable surface of the subsoil. However, east Japan including Tokyo has not so solid basement as west Japan, since the continental plate each region of Japan resides on is different.
(Click to enlarge.)http://www.bousai.go.jp/oshirase/h17/yureyasusa/zenkoku.pdf
The above map shows an alarmingly weak state of the ground on which Tokyo lies. The resisting strength to an earthquake and temblor caused by it is surprisingly small around Tokyo.
CHAPTER II: Earthquake Forecast around Tokyo
What will cause a devastating impact on Tokyo is not only possible (no matter how unrealistic) radioactive contamination by the Fukushima Daiichi Plant but also an M7 class earthquake to happen in the vicinity of Tokyo Central.
http://www.bousai.go.jp/syuto_higaisoutei/pdf/higai_gaiyou.pdfThere are many scenarios about possible occurrence of an earthquake directly around Tokyo. In either case, the number of possible deaths of Tokyo citizens are estimated to be thousands.
CHAPTER III: Tokyo The Most Dangerous City
Nobody living in New York or London thinks that there is a possibility that his or her life ends under a collapsed or crushed home or building.
But, those living in Tokyo sometimes do.
Under the natural hazard risk index, the Tokyo-Yokohama conurbation is tops with a score of 710, followed by San Francisco at 167, Los Angeles at 100, and the Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto area at 92.
Given that such megalopolises as Tokyo-Yokohama are "vulnerable to natural perils, technological risks, terrorism and environmental hazards," there is a need for more risk awareness on the part of all parties concerned, Munich Re Group said.
City...Risk Score
Tokyo/Yokohama...710.0
San Francisco...167.0
Los Angeles...100.0
Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto...92.0
New York...42.0
Hong Kong...41.0
London 30.0
Paris...25.0
Chicago...20.0
Mexico City...19.0
Beijing...15.0
Seoul...15.0
Moscow...11.0
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20050113a8.html
So, the Tokyo-Yokohama conurbation was 17 times more dangerous than New York even before the occurrence of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
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In one typical town affected by the 3/11 Tsunami, Minami-sanriku-cho, 467 died, 640 were still missing, and 6630 were evacuated from their homes, among 18,000 residents.
As they were prepared for a big tsunami since the last one that had hit the town decades ago with public drills and education, it could be said that the ratio of casualties was comparatively small. Yet, 6% of the local population was lost, while almost half of houses and buildings of the city were demolished by the greatest tsunami that has ever been generated in the North Pacific Ocean off Honshu Island.
Around Tokyo Bay, 1000 times more people are living than Minami-sanriku-cho. It is time for the Japanese Government to think about ultimate safety of Tokyo from any sort of disasters.
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