At around 1:58 am on the 8th, there was an earthquake observing shaking of seismic intensity 4 with the epicenter in the Noto region of Ishikawa prefecture.
There is no need to worry regarding the tsunami caused by this earthquake.
It was in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture that the shaking with a seismic intensity of 4 was observed.
Seismic intensity 3 tremors were observed in Noto Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, Funahashi Village, Toyama Prefecture, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, Itoigawa City, and Joetsu City.
In addition, seismic intensity 2 and seismic intensity 1 tremors were observed over a wide area from Hokuriku to Tohoku, Kanto, and Gifu prefectures, including Ishikawa prefecture.
According to the observations of the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter is in the Noto region of Ishikawa prefecture, the depth of the epicenter is 10 km, and the magnitude indicating the magnitude of the earthquake is estimated to be 4.8.
In this earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued an Earthquake Early Warning saying that strong tremors are expected in Ishikawa Prefecture, but no strong tremors with a seismic intensity of 5 lower or higher were observed.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says, “Earthquake early warning predicts shaking in a short time immediately following an earthquake, so there may be an error of regarding one step in seismic intensity, but please be wary of strong shaking when breaking news comes out.” ..
Niigata Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant is not affected by the earthquake TEPCO
According to TEPCO, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Kariwa-mura, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata Prefecture, where the shaking of seismic intensity 2 was observed, was not affected by the earthquake, and the value of the monitoring post around the nuclear power plant did not change.
Ishikawa Shika Nuclear Power Station is not affected by the earthquake Hokuriku Electric Power Co., Inc.
According to Hokuriku Electric Power Co., Inc., the Shika Nuclear Power Station in Shika Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, where the shaking with seismic intensity 1 was observed, was not affected by the earthquake, and the values of the monitoring posts around the nuclear power plant did not change.
Seismic activity tends to increase in the Noto region of Ishikawa
Especially since last spring, the activity has been active while changing the location of the epicenter little by little, and in September last year, there was an earthquake in Suzu City that observed shaking with a seismic intensity of less than 5.
On the other hand, the Noto region had been damaged by the earthquake even before that, and 15 years ago, a magnitude 6.9 “Noto Peninsula Earthquake” occurred, killing one person and damaging more than 30,000 buildings. I did.
In 1993, there was a magnitude 6.6 earthquake off the northern coast of the Noto Peninsula.
