Japan Earthquake: Long crack, 1.3 meters of ground shifted
After the major hit of Earthquake in Ishikawa region’s Noto peninsula of Japan huge damage to buildings and roads was reported. After the hit of the earthquake which was 7.6 on the Richter scale and damaged hundreds of buildings and roads, many places witnessed long cracks and lands in Noto Japan have shifted 1.3 meters west from the epicentre.
major change have been noticed in Ishikawa region. fire also broke out in Wajima city where more than 100 shops turned into ashes. more than fifty people have lost their life and as many are injured.
A powerful earthquake hit Japan on the day of New Year. a magnitude of 7.6 Richter scale earthquake hit Japan’s Noto peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, more than 155 tremors have been detected since the quake first of magnitude 7.6 hit on Monday. The agency has warned more strong shocks could hit in the coming days.
Earthquake caused Widespread damage
Footage showed widespread damage in the hardest-hit spots, with landslides burying roads, boats tossed in the waters, and a fire that had turned an entire section of Wajima city to ashes. Casualty numbers continued to climb gradually, and the prompt public warnings relayed on broadcasts and phones, and the quick response from the general public and officials appeared to have limited some of the damage
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The Japan Meteorological Agency on Monday also issued a major tsunami warning for Ishikawa and lower-level tsunami warnings or advisories for the rest of the western coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, as well as for the northern island of Hokkaido.
A major hit of Earthquake after march 2011, Tsunami
According to media reports and one of the Japanese nationals who lives in Nanao town said she never seen such powerful earthquake before it was so destructive and frightening , she holds TV set so that it could not get any damage but barely she holds her balance .
Why Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes
Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because of its location along the “Ring of Fire”, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.Moreover Japan sits at the confluence of four major tectonic plates. It is one of the most seismically active areas on Earth; the country accounts for about 20% of global quakes of Magnitude 6.0 or greater, with seismometers recording some kind of event every five minutes on average.
Japan has very strong monitoring system
Japan Geographically lies on seismic zone where earthquakes are frequent things in everydays course of action and it is the reason they own updated earthquake monitoring system . meteorological agency of Japan is working on six stage layer where they monitor every bit of second . Tsunami warning system also work under same agency . They announce any warning or information regarding Major Earthquake or Tsunami within a minute in whole Japan . It is major reason that Japan receive very less damage of lives and goods even after hitting so strong and Powerful earthquake as compared to other countries lies on seismic zones .