to reduce the damage from the earthquake by taking earthquake disaster prevention action instantaneously when the Declaration of Warning (Sec. 9) is announced, based on earthquake prediction information.
B Outline of the Act
a. Designation of the "Areas under Intensified Measures against Earthquake Disasters" (Sec. 3)
In accordance with Section 3 of the Act, 6 prefectures (Shizuoka Prefecture and the surrounding prefectures) and 170 municipalities (167 municipalities today) were designated as "Areas under Intensified Measures against Earthquake Disasters" (See Figure 11. "Intensified Area," hereinafter) in August 1979, as they are exposed to the danger of intense damage from an earthquake.
Disasters, concerning the "Tokai Earthquake," designated by the Large-scale Earthquake Countermeasures Act
