Tsunami Awareness, Preparedness, and evacuation behaviors during the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake tsunami

IF 4.7 1区工程技术 Q1 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Safety Science Pub Date : 2025-05-03 DOI:10.1016/j.ssci.2025.106885

Nanami Hasegawa, Keito Asai, Keita Yamaguchi, Yuto Inada, Arata Yamazaki, Ryosei Takemoto, Tomoyuki Takabatake

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Abstract

The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake generated tsunamis reaching several meters in height and led to tsunami and major tsunami warnings in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. In this study, face-to-face interviews were conducted approximately six months after the earthquake with residents of Nanao, a coastal city in Ishikawa Prefecture, yielding 232 valid responses. The results indicated that 87 % of the respondents evacuated, with 84 % initiating evacuation before the first tsunami reached Nanao. Among those who evacuated, 63 % used cars, and 52 % reported traffic congestion during evacuation. While there was little significant correlation between pre-disaster tsunami awareness or preparedness and evacuation behavior, the decision to evacuate was strongly influenced by immediate factors such as individuals’ locations during the earthquake and their perceptions of risk levels at the time. Furthermore, establishing an evacuation plan with family members beforehand was shown to contribute to residents deciding not to use a car unnecessarily.

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2024年诺托半岛地震海啸期间的海啸意识、准备和疏散行为

2024年发生在日本北藤半岛的地震引发了数米高的海啸，并在日本石川县发布了海啸和大海啸预警。本研究在地震发生约六个月后，对石川县沿海城市南澳的居民进行面对面访谈，得到232份有效回复。结果表明，87%的受访者撤离，其中84%的人在第一次海啸到达南澳之前就开始撤离。在疏散人群中，63%的人使用二手车，52%的人表示在疏散期间交通拥堵。虽然海啸前的意识或准备与疏散行为之间没有明显的相关性，但疏散的决定受到诸如个人在地震发生时的位置和他们当时对风险水平的看法等直接因素的强烈影响。此外，事先与家人制定疏散计划有助于居民决定不使用不必要的汽车。

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Safety Science 管理科学-工程：工业

CiteScore

13.00

自引率

9.80%

发文量

335

审稿时长

53 days

期刊介绍： Safety Science is multidisciplinary. Its contributors and its audience range from social scientists to engineers. The journal covers the physics and engineering of safety; its social, policy and organizational aspects; the assessment, management and communication of risks; the effectiveness of control and management techniques for safety; standardization, legislation, inspection, insurance, costing aspects, human behavior and safety and the like. Papers addressing the interfaces between technology, people and organizations are especially welcome.