Japan Meteorological Agency observed a total of 592 tremors of magnitude 1 or higher after the earthquake.
Local public broadcaster NHK reported on the 4th that 81 people have died so far due to the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
According to Ishikawa Prefecture, 47 people died in Wajima City, 23 in Suzu City, 5 in Nanao City, 2 each in Anamizu-machi and Noto-cho, and 1 each in Hakuishi and Shikamachi.
The number of people injured due to the earthquake, including injuries in Chunggyeong, was calculated to be 401. Ishikawa Prefecture reported the most injuries at 330, followed by Toyama Prefecture with 37 people, Niigata Prefecture with 26 people, Fukui Prefecture with 6 people, and Gifu Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture with 1 person each.
Ishikawa Prefecture announced that there are 51 missing people. At the Ishikawa Prefecture Disaster Response Headquarters meeting on this day, the Coast Guard reported that “there is information that one person has gone missing after being swept away by the tsunami around Ukai Port, west of Iida Bay, Suzu City, and that they are conducting a search with a patrol boat.”
According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, victims are still left behind in collapsed buildings. All-out rescue efforts are continuing as the evening of the 4th approaches, 72 hours after the incident, when the survival rate drops sharply.
The Japanese government held an emergency disaster response headquarters meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on the morning of the 4th. After the meeting, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that he would increase the number of Self-Defense Forces to be dispatched to the affected areas from the current 2,000 to 4,600 by the end of the day.
Ishikawa Prefecture announced that a total of 750 people are stranded in five areas, including Washima City, Suzu City, Nanao City, Anamizu-machi, and Noto-cho, as roads have collapsed and slopes have collapsed and roads have been cut off.
Meanwhile, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration, tremors of magnitude 1 or higher were observed a total of 592 times during the 64 hours from the time the earthquake occurred on the 1st until 8 a.m. on the 4th. Intensity is an earthquake grade set by the Japan Meteorological Agency and is a relative concept that indicates the degree to which people or objects are shaken in the area where an earthquake occurs.
Nihon Keizai reported that cluster earthquakes (small-scale earthquakes that occur multiple times locally) that occur concentrated in a specific area have already exceeded 506 in total over the three years from December 2020 to the end of December 2023, when they became active. reported.
The Ishikawa Prefecture earthquake occurred at 4:10 pm on the 1st. The local Meteorological Agency once issued a major tsunami warning for the Noto region for the first time since the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. A tsunami reaching the coast of the West Sea of Japan, with a tsunami measuring more than 1.2 meters confirmed at Wajima Port in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Source: Donga
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