2024 Volume 80 Issue 17 Article ID: 24-17087
We conducted a field survey of the inundation and damage caused by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Tsunami along approximately 70 km of the eastern coast of the Noto Peninsula. In the area facing the open sea, the tsunami trace height oscillated in the alongshore direction, with multiple peaks scattered in the Jike, Iida, Kasugano/Ukai districts of Suzu City and the Shiromaru district of Noto Town, where the maximum inundation and run-up heights of 5.6 to 2.1 m were observed. In contrast, the tsunami trace height was as low as about 2.5 to 1.0 m in Anamizu Town and Nanao City located in the inner bay. The observed inundation area was narrower than that estimated by Ishikawa Prefecture, and the degree of structure damage and the extent of inundation corresponded well with the topographic classification of the coastal hinterland and the change in the height of coastal protection facilities.
