The number of victims of the series of earthquakes that occurred in the Ishikawa Prefecture in West Japan increased to 64.
According to the Japanese meteorological agency (JMA), the first and second of January on the NOO Peninsula, which makes up the northern part of the Ishikawa prefecture, as well as on the coast of the peninsula, a series of earthquakes of magnitude from 5 to 7.
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Two more earthquakes in the area of the peninsula were recorded on January third: at 02.21 by local time, magnitude 5 and at 10.54 – magnitude 5.5. Afterchoki continues.
After the earthquakes, a collapse on the roads occurred, electricity and water is carried out with failures, there is no access to a number of villages. Dozens of residential buildings and other buildings were destroyed, an unknown number of people remains under the rubble.
All over the peninsula of NOTO, strong rains and possible landslides are expected, people are asked to stay away from the mountain slopes.
Japanese Prime Minister Kisid Fumio said that at the request of the Governor of the Prefecture, the number of personnel of the Japanese self-defense forces (SDF) involved in the region was increased to 2 thousand
On the runway of the NOO airport, all over 10 meters long occurred. The strip will be able to start serving flights again no earlier than on the night of January on January.
According to the Japanese department of geospatial information, the observation center in the city of Vazima in the Ishikawa Prefecture recorded the largest shift, the movement went horizontally about 1.3 meters to the west.
The former professor of seismology at the University of Tokyo, Hirata Naoshi, said that a collapse under the Nuto Peninsula could extend 150 kilometers, and seismicactivity will continue.
Japan is one of the ten most seismic hazardous countries of the world, most often suffering from the consequences of destructive earthquakes.
located in the Pacific “Fire Ring”, Japan in its entire history has experienced more than one deadly earthquake.
Pacific “Fire Ring” – an area around the perimeter of the Pacific Ocean, in which most active volcanoes are located and many earthquakes occur.
Since 1995, about 70 earthquakes of magnitude 6 and above have occurred in Japan, as a result of which tens of thousands of people died.