On January 3, 2024, following the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula in Japan, a large number of houses were destroyed by a fire triggered by the earthquake in the city of Renjima, Ishikawa Prefecture.


On January 9, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, and the Noto area in Ishikawa Prefecture, which had a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, registered a 4 magnitude earthquake. After the magnitude 6 earthquake, several aftershocks occurred near Sado.

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported on the 9th that at 5:59 PM local time, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred near Sado Island (37.9 degrees north latitude, 137.8 degrees east longitude) in Niigata Prefecture with a depth of 10 km.

The largest earthquake observed on land was 5 weak and appeared in the Nakagoetsu area of Niigata Prefecture. The earthquake in Uetsu, Shimoetsu, Sado and Noto areas of Ishikawa Prefecture was registered at magnitude 4.

After the earthquake, at 6:09 p.m. local time, a 3.9 magnitude earthquake occurred near Sado; At 6:45 p.m., a magnitude-3.0 earthquake struck the Noto area of Ishikawa Prefecture. At 6:55 p.m. and 7:10 p.m., earthquakes of magnitude 4.4 and 3.9 occurred near Sado.

Earlier, on January 1, Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture Noto area 7.6 magnitude earthquake, as of January 9 at 9 am, the death toll in the prefecture reached 180 people.