Fukushima Prefectural Police

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What is an earthquake ?

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What happens if a bigearthquake occurs ?

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If a large-scaledisaster occurs...

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What you should do
before an earthquake

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When an earthquakeoccurs ...

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How to use the Disaster
Message Board

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Other disasters

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If it rains hard or atyphoon comes...

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When you are introuble...

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What is an earthquake ?
An earthquake suddenly occurs.
There are many earthquakes in Japan.
Even if a main shock ends, aftershocks continue.
A main shock continues for about 1 minute.
Many houses are destroyed and many people die in a large - scale
earthquake.
Giant tsunamis sometimes come near the sea.

Fukushima Prefecture

Earthquake

Tsunami１

What happens if a big
earthquake occurs ?
Indoors
Furniture falls over and lighting equipment falls.

Out of doors
Houses are destroyed, fire breaks out.
Concrete block walls, gates, and statues fall over.
Building walls, window glasses, and signboards fall.

On roads and railways
The ground crack and sink.

MountainLandslides occur

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Sea
People are damaged by big tsunamis.

If a large-scale disasteroccurs...
Water, electricity and gas supplies are cut off
You can't use electric appliances such as TV, refrigerator, andheater because electricity supply is cut off.
Water is cut off, which leads to the shortage of water for
drinking, cooking, bath, and toilet.
You can't use a gas range, heating equipment, and bath because
gas supply is cut off.

STOPRoads and railways are completely damaged
Traffic services are stopped
Traffic services such as trains, bullet trains, buses arestopped. And it becomes difficult to commute.
Distribution systems are stopped
The number of goods in a supermarket or convenient store
decreases because the distribution systems for food andgasoline are stopped. And you cannot easily use a car because
refueling is limited.
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STOP

It become difficult for you to contact your family members
You can't easily connect to the Internet and phone calls are noteasily connected.

You can't easily get information
It becomes difficult to get information due to blackouts, andline failures of the Internet and telephone.

Evacuation shelters need to be set up
Nearest schools and gymnastic halls are used as an evacuation
shelter.

schools
open evacuation area
gymnastic halls
evacuation shelter(building)parks

４What you should do
before an earthquake
You should keep in touch with your neighbors
You should note down the phone numbers and addresses of yourfamily, friends and the embassy of your country
You should register phone numbers in your cell phone.
You should note down contact details on your passport orresidence card.
contact note

Emergency kit should be in your backpack
water, emergency food, medicine, portable radio set, flashlight,
lighter, work gloves, towel, rain gear, underwear, socks,
valuable goods, passport, residence card, copy of a healthinsurance card, memo of phone numbers and addresses

You should know where the evacuation shelter is located and how
to go there
present location
evacuation shelteretc.

(home etc.)
evacuation routes

You should register for the Disaster Message Board Service
You can use it for trial during the period mentioned below.
1st and 5th of every month, the first 3 days of the New year,
Disaster Preparedness and Volunteer Week
(From 15th to 21st in January)
Disaster Preparedness Week
(From 30th, August to 5th, September)５

When an earthquake
occurs ...
You should keep in mind to prepare for an earthquake!!
Don't panic
You don't have to panic when Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) orTsunami warning is issued.
Screen display for
Earthquake Early Warning(EEW)

Screen display for
Tsunami warning

TV screen

TV screen

Smartphone screen

Smartphone screen

You have to protect yourself
When you are at home
You have to hide under a desk or table.
You have to get away from furniture andlighting devices.
You should not go out of the house ina hurry.
When you are in a facility with many people
You don't have to panic and should follow what staff members
explain.
If you can't get any instructions fromstaff members, protect your head andadopt a safe posture in preparation for
the ground shaking
Don't rush to an exit or staircase.
When you are in an elevator
You should stop the elevator on thenearest floor and get off.
When you are out of doors
You should get away from the block wall or vending machine.
You should get away from buildings paying attention to falling objects.
６When you are driving a car
You should slow down and stop the caron the left side of the road.
You should stop the engine with the car
key left inside so that police cars andambulances can pass.
When you are in a bus or car
You have to hold on to a strap or handrail.
When you are near a mountain or cliff
You should be careful about falling rocks
and landslides and get away from them asmuch as possible.
When you are near the sea or mountain
You have to move to a higher place
Tsunami evacuation spotbuilding for Tsunami evacuation

When the ground shaking stops
You have to turn off the gas range, heater,
circuit breaker.
If there is a fire, everyone have tocooperate to put out thefire.
You need to open the doors to make smoke go out.
When you go outside
You bring the minimum such as a passport, residence card, andvaluable items.
Don't use an elevator.
Go to an emergency exit
Protect your head with your bag or cushion.
Wear socks and shoes.
Don't use a car.
Get away from walls or buildings and walk.
Go to the nearest park or open space.
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You need to get right information
You need to get right information byradio or TV.
Listen to an announcement of a soundtruck of a local office.
Don't believe rumors or false information.
Try to get information from your neighbors
Ask your neighbors about what is happening
now and what we should do.
You have to go to an evacuation shelter
The nearest school or community center
will be used as a evacuation shelter.
You can get food, drink, medicine, andblankets.
You can easily get right information froma public office.
People from abroad can use an evacuation
shelter as well as Japanese.
You contact family members and friends
Cell Phone Disaster Message Board Service
You can use it only when a phone call is
not connected at the time of an earthquake.
You can send letters as a message
Cell phone companies have their own ways of using services.
NTT Disaster Emergency Message Dial (171)
You can use it only when a phone call is not connected at thetime of an earthquake.
You can send your voice as a message.

８How to use the Disaster Message Board
Main Disaster Message Boards①②③

NTT docomo
KDDI(au)
SoftBank/Y!mobile

http://dengon.docomo.ne.jp/top.cgi
http://dengon.ezweb.ne.jp/
http://dengon.softbank.ne.jp

For more information on how to use, please check the homepageof each cell phone company.

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http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/info/disaster/disaster_board/
http://www.au.com/mobile/anti-disaster/saigai-dengon/
http://www.softbank.jp/mobile/service/dengon/boards/
http://www.ymobile.jp/service/dengon/

How to use the Disaster Message Board(web171)
Disaster Message Boards(web171)
https://www.web171.jp/

For more information on how to use, please check the homepage.

https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/saigai/web171/

Other ways of safety confirmation in times of disasters①

Google Person Finder (safety confirmation)
https://google.org/personfinder/japan/②

J-anpi You can search all information about safety
https://anpi.jp/top

For more information on how to use, please check the homepage.

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https://personfinder.google.org/global/howto.html
https://anpi.jp/info/promo_user.html
９Other disasters
Typhoon(heavy rain and storm)

It rains hard.
The wind blows hard.
Mountains and cliffs
are prone to collapse.
FloodRivers overflow.
Houses are flooded byheavy rain

Avalanche

Mountain snow crumbles
down.

Volcaniceruption
Rocks and volcanic ashes
fly out of an volcano.
Pyroclastic flows (heatedrocks and volcanic ashes)and gas are produced byvolcanic eruption10

Nuclear accidents
Nuclear plants are located in Okuma machi,
Futaba machi, Naraha machi, and Tomioka machi
The nuclear plants are notin operation now.

If it rains hard or atyphoon comes...
You have to try to get right informationYou have to get information from TV, radio, and the Internet.
You should ask your neighbors about what is happening now
You should ask them about what is happening now and what youshould doYou had better keep away from dangerous places
Don't get on a roof for repairs.
Don't go to the fields to see the situation.
Don't go to the sea or river to see the situation how things go.
Don't go to a place that is prone to landslides.

Evacuate as soon as possible just in caseEven if you worry about your physical safety
a just a little, evacuate soon.

When you are introuble...
When you are involved in a traffic accident
When you are involved in crimes such as theft, violence, etc.
Call11

When a fire breaks out or traffic accident happens
When there are seriously injured or ill people
CallConsulting service for people from abroad
Fukushima International Association (FIA)024－ 524－ 1316

8:30～ 17:15 from Tuesday to Saturday
Disaster-related data base
Information resources in the event of a disaster● Japan Tourism Agency Disaster Information Portal Site
｢Safety tips for travelers｣
http://www.jnto.go.jp/safety-tips/
Smartphone app.｢Safety tips｣※You can get many kinds of information such as
earthquakes, weather, volcanic eruption, heatstroke,
medical institutions, public transportation, evacuation
instructions, communication cards, emergency contact
information, embassy lists, etc.
In addition, speech translation app.｢VoiceTra｣ can be
downloaded for free.

● Homepage of Cabinet Office, Government of Japan for
information about disaster prevention
http://www.bousai.go.jp/index.html● Homepage of the Meteorological Agency
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html● Homepage of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism
http://www.mlit.go.jp/en/index.html● Homepage of Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA),
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
http://www.fdma.go.jp/en/● NHK WORLD(TV)
http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/● NHK WORLD(RADIO JAPAN)
http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/radio/

12Foreign language version● Fukushima International Association (FIA)
http://www.worldvillage.org/● Council of Local Authorities for International Relations(CLAIR)
http://www.clair.or.jp/index.html
Disaster-related Twitter● Prime Minister's Official Residence(Disaster and crisis management information)@Kantei_Saigai● Prime Minister's Official Residence(Information for disaster victim support)@kantei_hisai● Disaster prevention of Cabinet
Office, Government of Japan.

@CAO_BOUSAI● Fire and Disaster Management
Agency (FDMA), Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications.

@FDMA_JAPAN● Meteorological Agency@JMA_kishou● Ministry of Defense@bouei_saigai

13Date of issue ～ October ３rd,2018
Publisher～ Disaster Affairs Div., Security Department,
Fukushima Prefectural HQ.

Cooperated by ～ Fukushima International Association(FIA)