Damage
According to the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, the pattern of the shaking was similar to the shaking in the Great Hanshin earthquake and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, called the "killer pulse", pulse waves with a frequency of 1–2 seconds. This kind of shaking heavily damages buildings with around 2 floors. The shaking then got larger as it reached softer ground like alluvial plains, causing major damage.
- A 52 year old woman died after a Tōrō collapsed and hit her head in Wajima.
- 25 track ballasts on the Noto Line were shifted after the earthquake.
- 22 cracks were found in the runway of Noto Airport. The runway was repaired by March 26.
- Some parts of the Noto Toll Road collapsed, making people leave their cars on the road after they evacuated. The roads were completely repaired by November 30.
- According to estimates about 110,000 houses had power outages, 13,250 houses had no water supply, and 260 houses' phones stopped working.
- Many other houses had no gas supply after the earthquake.
- Soil liquefaction was confirmed at the coasts near the epicenter and Himi port.
- Some people were trapped in elevators that stopped after the earthquake.
- Ishikawa Prefecture(As of July 17, 2007)
| Casualties | Structrual Damage |
Evacuation Centers |
Shindo | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Serious Injuries | Minor Injuries | Collapsed | Half Collapsed | Partially Damaged | |||
| Anamizu | 0 | 3 | 36 | 72 | 94 | 2,197 | 3 | 6+ |
| Wajima | 1 | 46 | 69 | 503 | 1,057 | 9,984 | 6 | |
| Nanao | 0 | 17 | 110 | 50 | 252 | 6,493 | 0 | |
| Noto | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1,018 | 0 | 6- |
| Nakanoto | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1,524 | 0 | |
| Shika | 0 | 10 | 27 | 14 | 217 | 3,385 | 1 | |
| Suzu | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 769 | 0 | 5+ |
| Kahoku | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 5- |
| Hōdatsushimizu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Hakui | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 133 | 0 | |
| Hakusan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Tsubata | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 81 | 257 | 649 | 1,655 | 24,959 | 10 | Max 6+ |
- Toyama Prefecture(As of March 28, 2007)
| Casualties | Shindo | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious Injuries | Minor Injuries | ||
| Toyama | 1 | 0 | 5- |
| Himi | 0 | 1 | |
| Oyabe | 0 | 1 | |
| Imizu | 0 | 2 | |
| Takaoka | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Uozu | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 1 | 12 | Max 5- |
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