According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, at about 10:54 local time on January 3, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Noto area of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, with a maximum seismic intensity of 5 and an epicenter depth of 10 kilometers.
Previously, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, at about 6:32 local time on January 3, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Noto area of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, with a maximum seismic intensity of 4 and an epicenter depth of 10 kilometers.
Previously, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, at about 2:21 a.m. local time on January 3 (1:21 a.m. Beijing time), another 5.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Noto area of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, with a maximum seismic intensity of "5 strong" (the fourth highest level of seismic intensity among the ten levels set by the Japan Meteorological Agency), with an epicenter depth of 10 kilometers. There is no said risk of a tsunami.
Previously reported
On the afternoon of January 1, local time, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in Japan, affecting many places in Japan and causing a tsunami. A fire broke out in Wajima City, near the epicenter, and more than 100 houses were burned down. In addition, the earthquake also triggered secondary disasters such as landslides.
On January 3, local time, Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters said that the death toll from the earthquake in the Noto area of Ishikawa Prefecture on January 1 rose to 64.