According to local media, in the Tokar area there were several earthquakes in the past, but the last frequency of earthquakes is unusual.
Japan is one of the most active seismic actions on Earth from its location on the Pacific Ring, where many tectonic plates are found. Japan experiences about 1,500 earthquakes every year.
As for 700 people living in seven of 12 Tokar Islands. There are no hospitals on several very long islands – the nearest hospital – at least six hours in a ferry in the capital of the prefecture, Kagoshima.
“You can hear a strange roar from the sea before an earthquake occurred, especially at night. Terrible, ” – Chizuko Aricava from the island of Ackewam to Ashai Shimbun.
“Everyone is exhausted. We just want it to stop, ”said a 54 -year -old woman who lives at sea and manage the farm of livestock with her husband.
“After so many earthquakes, it is now similar to the fact that terrestrial shaking, although this is not so,” said 60 -year -old Isamu Sakamoto, the head of the local population association in Acquykhyma.
“The earthquake began with shocks from below, then the house swayed. This is really disgusting, ”he said.
In the village of Tosima, some residents are not enough sleep and tired, the authorities said when they urge the media to stop flooding local residents with questions.
“We ask you to be wise and not ask questions or excessive interviews,” the notification to the web sake of the village says.
Some guest houses on the islands of Tokara ceased to accept tourists from the earthquake, said on his web, the village of Toshima, with a note that the guest house can be used as a shelter for local residents.
