![]() ^ "Earthquake information : Detail information".^ a b "More than 50 aftershocks shake Japan as earthquake kills one".ASCE, Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering. Kashiwazaki, Japan Earthquake of July 16, 2007. "M 6.2 - near the west coast of Honshu, Japan". ^ a b National Earthquake Information Center (). ![]() "M 5.6 - near the west coast of Honshu, Japan". ^ a b "M6.5 quake rocks central Japan amid Golden Week holidays, 1 dies".Prime minister Fumio Kishida also stated that more measures will be taken in the following days, while also communicating with multiple officials, also to prevent other casualties in the event of a strong aftershock. The mayor of Suzu, issuing an earthquake emergency advisory and evacuating multiple households, said that the city would not be needing the help of Japan Self-Defense Forces due to the quake. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned the citizens of Ishikawa that strong aftershocks could occur for at least a week. In Ishikawa Prefecture, 250 people took shelter in evacuation centers. Response ĭue to the earthquake, around 1,600 people were evacuated. Twenty homes had their electricity cut off in Suzu, with more than 120 losing water supply. Two elevators were automatically shut down in the Abeno Harukas skyscrapers in Osaka, leaving some stranded before being evacuated. The Mitsukejima, which was previously affected by an intensity lower 6 earthquake the previous year, partially collapsed. Two of the injured were in serious condition and the rest received minor injuries. ![]() At least 37 others were injured (36 in Ishikawa and another in Toyama Prefecture), including two people who fell unconscious, two people injured by collapsed houses, a minor who was hit by a falling wardrobe and another who suffered burns. A man who fell from a ladder and suffered from cardiac arrest succumbed to his injuries later in hospital. Landslides were also reported, causing the partial collapse or damage of mountainside houses. Multiple buildings and structures were severely damaged, including a hotel, gravestones in a cemetery, a barn, a Shinto shrine, a police station in Suzu, and numerous houses. Tiles fell from the roof of a train station in Suzu. One building each were also partially damaged in Wajima and Kanazawa. Seismic intensities above Shindo 4 Seismic intensityįifteen buildings reportedly collapsed and 578 others were damaged, with two people being trapped under rubble before being rescued. A magnitude 5.6 aftershock struck the area at 21:58 JST, succeeded by another aftershock, at 23:18 JST of magnitude 4.5, along with over 50 other aftershocks hitting on Saturday, between magnitude 2 and 5. The earthquake had a focal mechanism corresponding to reverse faulting. According to the JMA a maximum intensity of Shindo 6+ was recorded, while the USGS estimated a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe). It struck at 14:42 JST at a depth of 8.7 kilometers. The earthquake had a magnitude of M ww 6.2, M w 6.3 or M JMA 6.5 according to the United States Geological Survey, GCMT and Japan Meteorological Agency respectively. The Pacific Plate converges west-northwest towards the Eurasian Plate at around 90 mm/yr. The Amur and Okhotsk plates are relatively small plates that are located between the Pacific Plate and the Eurasian Plate. In this area, the Okhotsk Plate is converging to the west-northwest towards the Amur Plate with a velocity of about 9 mm/yr and a maximum convergence rate of 24 mm/yr. The earthquake was located in a zone of compressional deformation that is associated with the boundary between the Amur Plate and the Okhotsk Plate. The northeastern tip of the Noto Peninsula has been subject to an earthquake swarm for over two years the earthquake is the largest event in this swarm, surpassing a M JMA 5.4 event that took place in June 19th 2022. Main article: Eastern margin of the Sea of Japan
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