Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued an alert about potential aftershocks, urging residents to prepare for the possibility within the week. The alert provides guidelines for necessary precautions and steps to ensure safety, focusing on emergency supplies, evacuation plans, and communication methods. Although no specific regions are named, the alert is emphasized as a nationwide precaution.

Japan frequently experiences seismic activity and thus, earthquake preparedness is part of everyday life, ingrained in societal norms. Schools regularly hold earthquake drills and emergency protocols are well developed. When such alerts are given, there's often a rise in sales of emergency goods, and family conversations about disaster response plans peak.

Unlike Japan, earthquake preparedness is not uniformly emphasized across the U.S. or EU. In regions prone to seismic activity, such as California, preparations are more comprehensive, and alerts might include texts to mobile phones. But many parts of the U.S. and EU lack such intense preparations due to lower earthquake frequency.