The fault responsible for the deadly magnitude-7.6 quake in Ishikawa Prefecture on New Year’s Day apparently ruptured over a far wider area than the local terrain at the center of an earthquake swarm over the past three years, experts said.
earthquakes are concentrated in the japanese islands, unfortunately.- the japanese islands, unfortunatel. ,, ., ., unfortunately. shin i toda, we appreciateh unfortunately. shin i toda, we appreciate your unfortunately. shinji toda, we appreciate your time. - unfortunately. shinji toda, we appreciate your time. thank i unfortunately. shinji toda, we. appreciate your time. thank for being on bbc news. appreciate your time. thank for being on bbc news. south korea s opposition leader has been stabbed in the neck during a visit to the city of busan. lee jae myung was surrounded by cameras and journalists when the attacker lunged at him. we have stopped the footage just before mr lee is attacked. the man was immediately bundled to the ground and arrested. the south korean news agency said mr lee remained conscious before being taken to hospital. kelly kasulis cho is the washington post s seoul breaking news reporter. she gave us some of the reaction to the attack. if it is gone viral, t
japan to speak to shinji toda, a professor of earthquake geology at tohoku university. good have you on the programme. in terms of what could happen next, talk us through what is likely to happen in terms of more aftershocks. likely to happen in terms of more aftershocks. well, we re havini more aftershocks. well, we re havin: a more aftershocks. well, we re having a lot more aftershocks. well, we re having a lot aftershocks - more aftershocks. well, we re having a lot aftershocks rightl having a lot aftershocks right now, the aftershocks have already happened, the after shock itself tends to decay rapidly, but still we are in a dangerous situation. 50 in a dangerous situation. so how does this earthquake compared to ones that you ve experienced before and studied? well, recently we had a large eventin well, recently we had a large event in 2016, the size of the earthquake was probably one fifth of this quake, so you can imagine how large this earthquake was an amounts to