Earthquake may have shifted land 1.3 meters


02-01-2024 01:42 PM

Ammon News - The powerful earthquake that rocked Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday may have shifted land in the Noto region near the epicenter up to 1.3 meters to the west.

Japan's Geospatial Information Authority, known as GSI, analyzed GPS data following the 7.6 magnitude quake.

GSI says preliminary figures indicate that an observation point in Wajima City in Ishikawa Prefecture saw the biggest shift, moving horizontally about 1.3 meters to the west.

The analysis also indicates a westward shift of about 1 meter in Anamizu Town and 80 centimeters in Suzu City. An observation point in Nanao City's Notojima moved 60 centimeters northwest toward the Sea of Japan coast.

Land appears to have shifted about 20 centimeters to the northwest in the prefectures of Toyama and Niigata. Several centimeters of land shifts were also observed in the Kanto-Koshin region and elsewhere.

GSI plans to continue analyzing the data for other movements.


NHK WORLD -JAPAN




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