Coordinates: 37°16′N 136°36′E / 37.267°N 136.6°E / 37.267; 136.6
2007 Noto earthquake
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| Date |
March 25, 2007 (2007-03-25) |
| 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]
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- 2007–08 Nazko (<4.0)
- Alum Rock (5.6, Oct 30)
- Aisén Fjord (6.7, Apr 21)
- Andreanof Islands (7.2, Dec 19)
- Tocopilla (7.7, Nov 14)
- Chūetsu offshore (6.6, Jul 16)
- Emery County (USA) (3.9, Aug 6)
- Gisborne (6.8, Dec 20)
- Guatemala (6.7, Jun 13)
- Iberian Peninsula (6.1, Feb 12)
- Kent (4.3, Apr 28)
- Kuril Islands (8.1, Jan 13)
- Laos (6.1, May 16)
- Martinique (7.4, Nov 29)
- Noto (6.9, Mar 25)
- Peru†‡ (8.0, Aug 15)
- Solomon Islands† (8.1, Apr 2)
- 1st Sumatra† (6.4, Mar 6)
- 2nd Sumatra (8.5, Sep 12)
- Mariana Islands (7.2, Oct 31)
- Tonga (7.9, Dec 9)
- Puchuncaví (6.7, Dec 15)
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† indicates earthquake resulting at least 30 deaths
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
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