The death toll from the ongoing earthquakes in central Japan has risen to 73.
This was reported by the Japanese news agency Kyodo, citing data from local authorities.
Consequences of earthquakes in Japan
According to Kyodo, the cities with the most deaths were Wajima (39 people) and Suzu (23 people) in Ishikawa Prefecture, which suffered the brunt of the damage.
More than 100 people were injured. Fires triggered by earthquakes have destroyed more than 200 residential buildings in Ishikawa Prefecture. More than 250 buildings were destroyed as a result of the tremors.
According to local authorities, the scale of destruction may be higher; assessments are still underway. Search and rescue operations with the participation of the Armed Forces continue.
According to the Secretary General of the Japanese Government, Yoshimasa Hayashi, about 32.5 thousand people remain in evacuation centers. In the first days after the earthquakes began, over 60,000 people were forced to evacuate.
More than 33,000 homes remain without electricity, and there are interruptions in mobile communications and the Internet. In a number of villages, problems with water supply persist.
Since Monday, more than 520 earthquakes of varying magnitude have occurred in Japan. This is more than in the last three years. The magnitude of the most powerful earthquake was 7.6.
The tsunami threat for the west coast remained for more than 20 hours. The earthquake was the strongest to hit this part of the country since 1885.
Seismologists warn that aftershocks are possible within a week, and there is a danger of new earthquakes with a magnitude above 7.
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