FactSheet: FS2024-E-0001

Title:
Road pavement cracks in Toge District, Monzen Town, Wajima City, in the January 1st, 2024, Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Japan

Authour:
Kazuo KONAGAI¹, Atsutoshi ONO², Takashi TAKANAKA³, Tomonori OKI⁴, and Kiyoharu HIROTA⁵

¹ Professor Emeritus, Inst., Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
² Research and Survey Department, Nakanihon Air Co., Ltd.
³ Tokyo Branch, Research and Survey Department, Nakanihon Air Co., Ltd.
⁴ Niigata Branch, Research and Survey Department, Nakanihon Air Co., Ltd.
⁵ Researcher, Secretariat, International Consortium on Landslides

Key Facts

• Hazard Type: Road pavement cracks
• Date of the disaster: January 1st, 2024
• Location of the survey: Monzen, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture
• Date of the field survey: March 4th and 21st, 2024
• Survey tools: GPS

Key findings:

Strains produced in the ground are transmitted to road pavement, resulting in pavement cracks. The pattern of the quake-induced cracks observed in Toge District, Monzen Town of Wajima City, resembles that observed in the 2007 Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

Key Words: pavement crack, January 1st, 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake,

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