According to domestic media reports, on December 13, local time, Japan's Kagoshima TELEVISION released the latest data statistics, since the afternoon of December 4, as of the 13th, Japan's earthquakes of magnitude 1 or above have been observed more than 280 times.
According to reports, earthquakes have occurred in the coastal waters off the Tugala Archipelago in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in recent times. On December 9, local time, the earthquake of Evil Rock Island in Kagoshima Prefecture was as high as 5 degrees, and the earthquake was obvious. Some residents said their bowl rack glass was shattered. After the earthquake, eight local families hurriedly left Evil Rock Island and took refuge in Kagoshima City. The asylum residents said they were very worried that small earthquakes would follow by bigger ones. Residents of the area also revealed that there is not a single day without an earthquake.
In fact, the concerns of these residents are not without reason. According to the latest data released by Kagoshima Television, in just nine days since December 4, as of the 13th, there have been 280 earthquakes of magnitude 1 or higher in the coastal waters of Kagoshima. Some media speculated that the local earthquake may trigger a tsunami.
It is worth mentioning that just one day after the magnitude 5 earthquake that occurred in Kagoshima, Japan, only one day apart, from the night of December 10 to the morning of December 11, local time, the United States also suffered one of the largest tornadoes in history. More than 30 tornadoes ravaged six states in the central United States: Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee. So far, at least 94 people have been killed, 330,000 homes have lost their electricity supply, and more than 55 million people have been threatened with safety.
Local residents say the tornado struck as if the end had struck — a dark but huge funnel cloud roaring through the night, destroying homes and other buildings in many locations and separating trains from the tracks. American meteorologist Dan Pidnoski said that this season is not the peak of tornadoes in the United States, but now there is such a large-scale tornado, which is really unusual. In response, US President Joe Biden said in a speech that he would fully respond to one of the worst tornadoes in US history.
It is understood that in the context of climate change, disasters in many parts of the world have occurred frequently this year, and almost every month different countries and different regions have suffered from different degrees of natural disasters. For example: in January, in the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed 81 people, while winter storms in many parts of the United States affected the lives of nearly 110 million people and killed at least 76 people; in May this year, tropical cyclone "Taote" landed in India, posing the biggest threat cyclone in India in nearly 20 years, causing hundreds of people to disappear. In addition, there have been many natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and wildfires.
In this regard, climate change has gradually become a comprehensive issue covering global governance, diplomacy, environmental protection, economic development and other fields. Humanity is also increasingly aware of the importance of a community of life on earth and the urgency of addressing climate change. Zhou Bing, chief expert of climate services at the National Climate Center of the China Meteorological Administration, has long emphasized that extreme weather does not only affect a certain region and a certain group of people, but has a global or regional linkage, which leads to a butterfly effect that is difficult to predict the consequences of the whole body.