2007 Noto earthquake

Earthquake in Japan 2007 Noto Peninsula earthquake 2007-03-25 00:41:58 usp000f7b5 11703278 2007 3 25 About 30 seconds 9:41:58 JST (UTC+09:00) 平成19年能登半島地震.jpg Japan Ishikawa Prefecture 6.9 Mj (6.7 w y)https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2007/us2007aiae/ Magnitude 6.7 – NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN 2012-12-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091218223946/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2007/us2007aiae/ 2009-12-18 11 km mi 0 on 37.3 136.5 inline, title Intraplate, Oblique-slip 6+ MMI XLearning from Earthquakes: Noto Peninsula (Japan) Earthquake of March 25, 2007 2007 https://www.eeri.org/lfe/pdf/japan_noto_eeri_preliminary_report.pdf report EERI Special Earthquake Report Earthquake Engineering Research InstituteEXPO-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ December 1, 2008 United States Geological Survey Version 2007-12 24 May 2025 0.96 g 945.4 Gal Japan Yes Up to 22 cm in Suzu 500~ 1 dead, 356 injuredhttp://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/eq/higai/higai1996-new.html 気象庁 日本付近で発生した主な被害地震（平成8年～平成24年8月） 2013-01-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121214103931/http://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/eq/higai/higai1996-new.html 2012-12-14 能登半島地震 ja USGS Intensity Map March 25 2007 Nanao Earthquake M 6.7.pdf The 2007 Noto Peninsula earthquake 能登半島地震 occurred on March 25, 2007, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Overview At 9:41:58 a.m. on March 25, 2007, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Hokuriku region of Japan, near the Noto Peninsula. The earthquake shook the city of Wajima, the city of Nanao, and the town of Anamizu with a seismic intensity of 6+ on Japan's shindo scale.http://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/cgi-tmp/shindo_db/27680.htmlSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes One death, in the city of Wajima, and at least 356 injuries have been reported. Geology This earthquake was the result of oblique-slip faulting.http://www.gsi.go.jp/WNEW/PRESS-RELEASE/2007-0325.html 石川県能登半島沖を震源とする地震に伴う地殻変動（第1報）国土地理院 Gsi.go.jp 2017-06-08 According to the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, the fault was 21 km long, 14 km wide and shifted 1.4 m. By using sound waves, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology also found a fault 18~ km long that is supposed to have caused this earthquake. This earthquake was an intraplate earthquake that occurred within the Eurasia Plate, near the boundary with the North American plate. Noto Peninsula itself was created by pressure pushing up sediment from the south-east, and many folds and reverse faults are in the area. Some strike-slip faults are also found in the area. A 6.6 Mj earthquake also struck Ishikawa Prefecture on February 7, 1993. Since the 1990s, the number of earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.0~ Mj are increasing. Some seismologists say that the seismic activity in West Japan is at its peak, and many earthquakes will occur, like the Great Hanshin earthquake. This earthquake is sometimes considered as one of those earthquakes.March 2020 Like the 2005 Fukuoka earthquake, it was announced that it "occurred in an area where seismic activity was relatively quiet", but earthquakes are possible anywhere in Japan and its surrounding areas. Also this earthquake's fault was out in sea, so it was not simulated in the seismic danger maps, since most of the faults simulated are inland faults. Some seismologists are trying to simulate these kind of earthquakes as well as inland earthquakes.March 2020 This type of earthquake was estimated to have occurred 1~2 times in the last 20,000 years (Frequency).http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_j/press_release/pr2007/pr20070730/pr20070730.html 産総研：能登半島地震の震源域で長さ18km以上の活断層と一部で海底に達する変動を確認 Aist.go.jp 2007-07-30 2017-06-08 Mainshock The Japan Meteorological Agency placed the earthquake at 37.3°N, 136.5°E, at a depth of 11 km. It estimated the magnitude at 7.1, but later revised its estimate to 6.9. The earthquake had a maximum three-component vector sum peak ground acceleration of 1,304 cm/s2 (1.33 g).http://www.eqh.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~masumi/etc/yamada2008SRL.pdf The 2007 Noto Peninsula, Japan, Earthquake (Mw 6.7): Damage to Wooden Structures Masumi Yamada Sun-Cheon Park Jim Mori Seismological Research Letters 79 1 2008 20–24 10.1785/gssrl.79.1.20 2008SeiRL..79...20Y It occurred in a big seismic gap. Shaking in Wajima was very close to Shindo 7. It was the first time that Shindo 6- or more was observed in Ishikawa prefecture. It was also the 2nd time that Shindo 5- or more was observed in Toyama prefecture. Shaking was felt as far as Oshamanbe in the north, to Hiroshima in the west and Nahari in the south (Extent). Geophysical effects The earthquake moved Shika 25 cm southwest, and Anamizu 15 cm northwest. It also shifted an erosion terrace formed in the ice age and the sediment on top by 10 cm. Intensity IntensityPrefectureLocation震度データベース検索 https://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/eqdb/data/shindo/index.html#20070325094157 2024-04-11 Japan Meteorological Agency6+IshikawaWajima, Nanao, Anamizu2022-10-14 能登半島地震 https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%83%BD%E7%99%BB%E5%8D%8A%E5%B3%B6%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87-156271#w-156271 2024-04-11 Kotobank https://web.archive.org/web/20221014004658/https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%83%BD%E7%99%BB%E5%8D%8A%E5%B3%B6%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87-156271#w-156271 2022-10-146−IshikawaNoto, Nakanoto, Shika5+IshikawaSuzu5−NiigataKariwaToyamaImizu, Oyabe, Himi, Funahashi, Namerikawa, ToyamaIshikawaKahoku, Hōdatsushimizu, Hakui Damage According to the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, the pattern of the shaking was similar to the shaking in the Great Hanshin earthquake and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, called the "killer pulse": Pulse waves with a frequency of 1–2 seconds. This kind of shaking heavily damages buildings with around 2 floors. The shaking then got larger as it reached softer ground like alluvial plains, causing major damage. A 52-year-old woman died after a tōrō (stone lantern) collapsed and hit her head in Wajima.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6492473.stm BBC News Earthquakes rock Pacific nations 2007-03-25http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260942,00.html Fox News 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Kills 1, Injures 170 in Japan 2007-03-25 25 track ballasts on the Noto Line were shifted after the earthquake. 22 cracks were found in the runway of Noto Airport. The runway was repaired by March 26. Some parts of the Noto Toll Road collapsed, making people leave their cars on the road after they evacuated. The roads were completely repaired by November 30. According to estimates about 110,000 houses had power outages, 13,250 houses had no water supply, and 260 houses' phones stopped working. Many other houses had no gas supply after the earthquake. Soil liquefaction was confirmed at the coasts near the epicenter and Himi port. Some people were trapped in elevators that stopped after the earthquake. +Ishikawa Prefecture (as of July 17, 2007) Casualties StructuralDamage EvacuationCenters Shindo Deaths Serious Injuries Minor Injuries Collapsed Half Collapsed Partially Damaged AnamizuThe seismometer that recorded the shaking in Anamizu reported shaking a little larger than it actually was, so the Shindo might have been 6-.033672942,19736+ Wajima146695031,0579,9846 Nanao017110502526,4930 Noto02101101,01806- Nakanoto030371,5240 Shika01027142173,3851 Suzu00321376905+ Kahoku000321805- Hōdatsushimizu00003250 Hakui0013131330 Hakusan00000104 Tsubata0010020 Kaga0000060 Total1812576491,65524,95910Max 6+ +Toyama Prefecture (as of March 28, 2007) Casualties Shindo Serious Injuries Minor Injuries Toyama105- Himi01 Oyabe01 Imizu02 Takaoka064 Uozu02 Total112Max 5- Effects Evacuations At least 1000 people in Wajima were evacuated to temporary shelters. Transportation The train lines that were stopped after the earthquake were: Hokuriku Main Line (Ōmi-Shiotsu Station – Naoetsu Station) Etsumi-Hoku Line Nanao Line Himi Line Jōhana Line Takayama Main Line (Toyama Station – Inotani Station) Ōito Line (Itoigawa Station – Minami-Otari Station) Noto Airport temporarily closed due to the fact that 22 cracks were found in the runway. A part of the Noto Toll Road temporarily closed since many parts of it collapsed. It re-opened on April 27. Tsunami A tsunami advisory was immediately made for the Kaga coast and Noto coast, and a 22 cm wavehttp://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/eq/tsunamihyoka/20070325noto/index.html About the tsunami warning announced at the "2007 Noto Peninsula Earthquake" 2012-12-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20130120065926/http://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/eq/tsunamihyoka/20070325noto/index.html 2013-01-20 dead hit shore about 30 minutes later.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070326a1.html Hokuriku quake kills one, injures 170 The Japan Times 2007-03-26 26 March 2007 Aftershocks More than 500 perceptible aftershocks were observed. +Aftershocks with Shindo 4 or morehttp://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/cgi-tmp/shindo_db/15560.htmlSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes http://www.seisvol.kishou.go.jp/cgi-tmp/shindo_db/16178.htmlSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Date (YYYY-MM-DD) Time (UTC) Magnitude Shindo 2007-03-25 09:45:50 4.7 (Mj) 4 2007-03-25 09:52:37 4.5 (Mj) 4 2007-03-25 15:43:34 4.5 (Mj) 4 2007-03-25 18:11:45 5.3 (Mj) 5- 2007-03-26 07:16:36 5.3 (Mj) 4 2007-03-26 14:46:35 4.8 (Mj) 5- 2007-03-26 18:02:53 4.6 (Mj) 4 2007-03-28 08:08:15 4.9 (Mj) 5- 2007-03-28 13:05:31 4.7 (Mj) 4 2007-04-06 15:18:18 4.3 (Mj) 4 2007-05-02 20:44:38 4.7 (Mj) 4 2007-06-11 03:45:14 5.0 (Mj) 4 2008-01-26 04:33:00 4.8 (Mj) 5- Largest aftershocks are blue, and 4.8~ Mj earthquakes are light blue. Response Cabinet Office At 9:45, an emergency meeting for this earthquake was held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence. Government damage inspecting teams under command of Kensei Mizote were sent to the epicenter area from the 25th to the 26th. Ishikawa Prefecture At 10:45, an emergency disaster prevention meeting was held. 375 firefighters were summoned from Toyama Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Tokyo prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Shiga prefecture, and Hyōgo Prefecture. They were ordered to leave on 10:42 on the 26th, and left on 11:55. Japan Self-Defense Forces At 10:45, the Ministry of Defense held an emergency meeting. At 11:08, Masanori Tanimoto, the governor of Ishikawa Prefecture summoned 30 soldiers from the Ground forces from bases in Kanazawa, Sabae, Toyama, Kasugai, Nagoya, Hisai, and Takashima. Helicopters from bases in Wajima and Komatsu were also used. Ground forces, maritime forces, and air forces all went to investigate damage. Other Since Toyama Prefecture had no damaging earthquakes for 116 years since the 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake, most residents commonly believed that no earthquakes ever occurred in that area.March 2020 About 6 months after the earthquake, rumors spread for a little while within the 13–18-year-old range of the residents of Toyama Prefecture that a massive earthquake would occur in Toyama Prefecture.March 2020 An athletics competition that was to be held in Wajima was cancelled after the earthquake.March 2020 See also List of earthquakes in 2007 List of earthquakes in Japan 2023 Noto earthquake 2024 Noto earthquake References Notes note Sources Strong quake off Japan kills 1, injures scores http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/quake.japan.ap/index.html Associated Press CNN 2007-03-25 25 March 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070329050302/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/quake.japan.ap/index.html 29 March 2007 dead Japan Meteorological AgencyJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes ja https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6492473.stm Earthquakes rock Pacific nations BBC 2007-03-25 26 March 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070328212654/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6492473.stm 28 March 2007 live http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260942,00.html 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Kills 1, Injures 170 in Japan Associated Press Fox News 2007-03-25 26 March 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070329011729/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C260942%2C00.html 29 March 2007 live Hamada Masanori Ömer Aydan Akio Sakamoto A Quick Report on Noto Peninsula Earthquake on March 25, 2007 Japan Society of Civil Engineers 2007 http://www.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/disaster_report/noto_report.pdf External links 11703278 Large earthquake off Japan, tsunami warning issued Noto Earthquake, 2007 Category:Earthquakes of the Heisei era Noto Earthquake, 2007 Noto earthquake Category:Hokuriku region Category:2007 tsunamis Category:March 2007 in Japan Category:Buried rupture earthquakes Category:2007 disasters in Japan Category:Earthquakes in Ishikawa Prefecture