石川で震度５弱

　１６日午後６時４２分ごろ、石川県能登地方を震源とする地震があり、同県志賀町で震度５弱の揺れを観測した。気象庁によると、震源の深さは約１０キロ。地震の規模（マグニチュード）は４．８と推定される。主な各地の震度は次の通り。
　震度５弱＝石川県志賀町
　震度４＝同県輪島市
　震度３＝同県七尾市、能登町、穴水町。（2024/01/16-19:05）

A powerful earthquake hit Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Tuesday afternoon, following the 7.6-magnitude temblor that rocked the prefecture's Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1.
   The latest quake with an estimated magnitude of 4.8, which occurred in the Noto region, measured lower 5, the fifth highest on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, in the Ishikawa town of Shika and registered 4 in the city of Wajima, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
   The focus of the temblor, which occurred around 6:42 p.m., was about 10 kilometers deep.
   Meanwhile, the Ishikawa prefectural government said Tuesday that the number of people who remain unaccounted for after the Jan. 1 quake rose by four from Monday to 26 while the death toll was unchanged at 222.