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Coordinates: 37°16′N 136°36′E / 37.267°N 136.6°E
2007 Noto earthquake 
Date March 25, 2007 Magnitude 6.9 Mw Countries or regions Japan Peak acceleration 1.33 g (vector sum) Casualties 1 dead, 170 injured At 9:42 a.m. on March 25, 2007, the Noto Peninsula Earthquake (能登半島地震 Noto hantō jishin), a magnitude 6.9 earthquake, struck the Hokuriku region of Japan, near the Noto Peninsula. The earthquake shook the city of Nanao and the town of Anamizu with a seismic intensity of 6+ on Japan's shindo scale. One death, in the city of Wajima, and at least 214 injuries have been reported. A tsunami advisory was immediately made for the Kaga coast and Noto coast, and a 10-20 cm wave hit shore about 30 minutes later. [1]
The Japan Meteorological Agency placed the earthquake at 37.3°N, 136.5°E, at a depth of 50 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).[2]
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported an aftershock as strong as magnitude 5.3 at 6:11 p.m. [3]
See also
References
- ^ "Hokuriku quake kills one, injures 170". The Japan Times. 2007-03-26. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070326a1.html.
- ^ Masumi Yamada, Sun-Cheon Park, Jim Mori (January/February 2008). "The 2007 Noto Peninsula, Japan, Earthquake (Mw 6.7): Damage to Wooden Structures". Seismological Research Letters Volume 79, Number 1. http://www.eqh.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~masumi/etc/yamada2008SRL.pdf. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ "Aftershock hits as quake injury toll reaches 170". AP via News Limited. 2007-03-26. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,21446505-401,00.html.[dead link]
Sources
- "Strong quake off Japan kills 1, injures scores". AP via CNN. 2007-03-25. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/quake.japan.ap/index.html.
- Japan Meteorological Agency (Japanese)
- "Earthquakes rock Pacific nations". BBC. 2007-03-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6492473.stm.
- "6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Kills 1, Injures 170 in Japan". AP via Fox. 2007-03-25. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260942,00.html.
- Hamada, Masanori; Ömer Aydan, Akio Sakamoto (2007-04). "A Quick Report on Noto Peninsula Earthquake on March 25, 2007" (PDF). Japan Society of Civil Engineers. http://www.jsce-int.org/disaster_report/noto_report.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
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