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2024 Noto Earthquake
1 January 2024 · Honshu, Ishikawa · Japan
On 1 January 2024 at 07:10 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan (Honshu, Ishikawa), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Amur Plate, 65 km from its boundary with the Okhotsk Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 549 people and injured 1,393. 29,966 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 1 January 2024
- Time
- 07:10 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 549
- Injuries
- 1,393
- Homes Destroyed
- 29,966
- Homes Damaged
- 133,758
- Estimated Damage
- 17.6 billion US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (11.3 m wave)
- Plate
- Amur Plate
- Country
- Japan
- Nearest Volcano
- Niigata-Yakeyama (92 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19641964 Niigata Earthquake · M 7.636 deaths
- 19611961 Kita Mino Earthquake · M 7.310 deaths
- 19481948 Fukui Earthquake · M 7.35,131 deaths
- 19311931 Saitama Earthquake · M 7.016 deaths
- 19271927 North Tango Earthquake · M 7.33,022 deaths
- 19251925 North Tajima Earthquake · M 6.8395 deaths
- 19141914 Akita-Senboku Earthquake · M 7.294 deaths
- 19091909 Anegawa Earthquake · M 6.941 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth