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2007 Noto earthquake
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Date	March 25, 2007
Magnitude	6.9 Mw
Countries affected	Japan
Casualties	1 dead, 170 injured

At 9:42 a.m. on March 25, 2007, the Noto Peninsula Earthquake (能登半島地震, Noto hantō jishin^?), a magnitude 6.9 earthquake, struck the Hokuriku region of Japan, near the Noto Peninsula. The earthquake shook the city of Nanao and the town of Anamizu with a seismic intensity of 6+ on Japan's shindo scale. One death, in the city of Wajima, and at least 214 injuries have been reported. A tsunami advisory was immediately made for the Kaga coast and Noto coast, and a 10-20cm wave hit shore about 30 minutes later. ^[1] March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... The moment magnitude scale was introduced in 1979 by Tom Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori as a successor to the Richter scale and is used by seismologists to compare the energy released by earthquakes. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from the sudden release of stored energy in the Earths crust that creates seismic waves. ... Hokuriku region , literally North Land) (地方 means region, so I would say Northern Region!!)is the region along the Sea of Japan within the Chubu region, the central region of HonshÅ«, the main island of Japan. ... The article incorporates text from OpenHistory. ... See Nanao for other places named Nanao. ... Anamizu (穴水町; -machi) is a town located in Fugeshi District, Ishikawa, Japan. ... The Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale (震度 shindo) is a measure used in Japan to indicate the strength of earthquakes. ... The Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale (震度 shindo) is a measure used in Japan to indicate the strength of earthquakes. ... Categories: Cities in Ishikawa Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ... This article is about the city in Ishikawa prefecture, for the former province of Japan, see Kaga province. ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency placed the earthquake at 37.3°N, 136.5°E, at a depth of 50 km. It estimated the magnitude at 7.1, but later revised its estimate to 6.9. Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁) is a government agency, which is a central place responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Japan. ...

Japanese broadcaster NHK reported an aftershock as strong as magnitude 5.3 at 6:11 p.m. ^[2] NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, Tokyo NHK (, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japans public broadcaster. ...

References

The Japan Times is one of the few independent English newspapers published in Japan: it mainly competes with English editions of the major dailies, such as the Daily Yomiuri and the Mainichi Daily News, as well as the International Herald Tribune. ...

See also

• Niigata Earthquake of 2004
• Kobe Earthquake of 1995

The Chuetsu Earthquakes (中越地震) began at 5:56 p. ... Damage from the Great Hanshin Earthquake is kept intact at the Earthquake Memorial Park near the Port of Kobe. ...

Sources

• Strong quake off Japan kills 1, injures scores. AP via CNN (2007-03-25).
• Japan Meteorological Agency (Japanese)
• Yahoo News (Japanese)
• NHK News 19:13 ^{[dead link]}
• Earthquakes rock Pacific nations. BBC (2007-03-25).
• 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Kills 1, Injures 170 in Japan. AP via Fox (2007-03-25).

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