2024 Volume 77 Issue 2 Pages 27-34
On January 1, 2024, a large-scale earthquake (the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake) with a magnitude of 7.6 struck the Noto region, Ishikawa Prefecture. This earthquake and the resulting tsunami and crustal movement caused extensive disaster to this region. Furthermore, the earthquake caused many slope failures, landslides, and river blockages, resulting in numerous casualties and damage to houses and infrastructure. The Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering immediately established an investigation committee for these sediment related disasters, and an urgent investigation team was dispatched to the disaster area. The team visited to eight locations in the Noto Peninsula and conduct the investigation on February 11 and 12, 2024. The objectives of the urgent investigation are to comprehensively understand overall scope of the sediment related disasters, and identifying specific target areas for a more detailed investigation being carried out as a next stage. This disaster report preliminary summarizes the information on the sediment movement phenomenon triggered by the earthquake and the actual damages caused by the sediment movement obtained by the urgent investigation.
