With tremendous scare started the year in Japanafter a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on the Richter scale shook Ishikawaon the western coast of the center of said country, this Monday, January 1, 2024which caused great damagein addition to leaving six people buried under the rubble.
As reported by the United States Geological Surveythe above forced the authorities activate a tsunami alert in much of the archipelagowhich caused the population to be urged to evacuate.
“All residents should immediately move to higher ground. We realize that your homes and belongings are very dear to you, but your lives are more important than anything else. Run to the highest possible areas,” was the message broadcast on Japanese public television.
Fortunately, hours later, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centerbased in Hawaii, reported that the risk was behindwhile the Japanese government specified that there were no consequences in the country’s nuclear power plants.
On the other hand, according to what was reported by the EFE Agency, the strong earthquake, which even felt in Tokyooccurred in the Norto peninsula and initially the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) estimated that the tremor had been 7.4 degrees on the Richter scale, although later the magnitude increased two tenths.
Likewise, the telluric movement had a depth of 10 kilometres and it occurred at 16:10 hours – local time – northeast of Anamizu in Ishikawa Prefecture, in addition to reports several replicasabout 60 of magnitude 3.2 or greater in a period of four hoursas reported by some international media, for which the Japan Meteorological Agency warned that They could continue for the next three days, even a week later.
This is how the earthquake in Japan was experienced on January 1, 2024
According to the images and videos that are already circulating on social networks, you can see how The damage caused directly by the earthquakes was of great impactespecially in old houses, generally built with wood.
But the damage did not only happen to homes, Roads and buildings were also damaged, Transportation and communications services were disrupted and officials warned about possible power outages in thousands of homes.
Terrified people in search of a safe place to shelter, strong waves on the shores of Japan, collapsing buildings or completely destroyedfallen polesbut above all a lot of panic among the people who lived through these moments of tension, is part of what can be observed in the recordings that circulate on the internet.
In one of the published clips, you can see how the pavement rises due to the earthquakewhich has impressed many netizens, in addition to the collapse of a stone lantern at the Sanjoso Hachimangu Shrine, located in Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture.
As part of the damage left by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Japan, a spokesman for the Japanese government, Yoshimasa Hayashisaid he knew of six specific caseswhere People were trapped in collapsed buildings in Ishikawa.
Note published in The Sun of Puebla