Fig. 1
From: Initial response to the 2024 Noto earthquake by the university hospital closest to the disaster area
The location of Ishikawa prefecture (yellow color), Japan. Noto Peninsula is located on prefectural North side that juts out from near the center of the Hokuriku region to the Sea of Japan toward the north. It is also the peninsula with the largest protruding area on the coastline of the Sea of Japan. The straight-line distance from Wajima Morning Market, where the fire occurred, to Kanazawa Medical University is 86Â km. Red circle: A seismic intensity of 7 was observed in Monzen town in Wajima city, and Shiga-town in Hakui-gun. Purple circle (The number in brackets is the number of hospital beds at the time): Affected by the disaster core general hospitals (From above. Suzu General Hospital (163), Wajima Municipal Hospital (175), Ushitsu general hospital (100), Anamizu General Hospital (100), Togi hospital (60), Keiju Medical Center (426), Noto General Hospital (434). Sky blue circle: Kanazawa Medical University.
