Key Takeaways
- The death toll in Ishikawa prefecture has risen to 180 after a series of earthquakes struck the area.
- At least 565 people in Ishikawa suffered injuries due to the quakes.
- The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake is the first to kill more than 100 people in Japan since the 2016 Kumamoto quakes.
Tokyo: The death toll climbed to 180 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 9 a.m. local time on Tuesday after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity last week, local media reported.
The death toll in Ishikawa prefecture is as follows: 81 in Wajima City, 71 in Suzu City, 18 in Anamizu Town, 5 in Nanao City, and 4 in the towns of Noto and Shika, with 1 in Hakui City.
Meanwhile, at least 565 people in Ishikawa suffered injuries due to the quakes, the report said.
As of 4 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture has recorded 1,248 tremors rated at least 1 on the country’s seven-point seismic intensity scale in the week that followed the powerful earthquake on New Year’s Day, according to NHK.
The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake is the first to kill more than 100 people in Japan since the 2016 Kumamoto quakes in the country’s southwestern region that claimed 276 lives.
