Shinichi Egawa, Tadashi Ishii, Hajime Furukawa, Motoo Fujita, Yoshiko Abe, Aisa Sakamoto, Yohei Inaba, Katsunori Ono, Hideo Harigae, Motohiro Tsuboi, Shinichi Kuriyama, Hiroyuki Sasaki
A moment magnitude (Mw) 7.5 earthquake (the Global IDentifire (GLIDE) number: # Q-2024-000001-JPN) struck the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture on 1 January 2024 at 16:10 (Japan Standard Time). The reversed fault, 150 km in length and subducting beneath the peninsula, resulted in maximum seismic intensity 7 shaking, triggered the tsunami, destroyed over 43 thousand buildings, and disrupted roads and lifelines. The disaster claimed 236 deaths, including 15 indirect disaster deaths as of Jan. 28, 2024. There were Disaster Base Hospitals (DBHs) in the region, which survived structurally but suffered from impaired functions and the surge of medical needs of affected people...
2024: Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine