earthquakes

Thousands of households remain without power, but situation in evacuation centres is slowly improving. The death toll from Japan’s New Year’s Day earthquake has jumped to 161 with more than 100 people still missing, and snow complicating relief efforts. More than 2,000 people remain cut off since the magnitude 7.6…

The 7.6 quake struck on New Year’s Day, causing extensive damage to communities on the Noto Peninsula. A woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, 124 hours after the area was struck by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 126 people….

Scale of damage to roads and poor weather hamper relief efforts, three days after quake off Noto Peninsula. More than 50 people have been reported missing, as Japanese rescuers battle the cold to reach communities that remain cut off three days after a devastating earthquake struck the country’s western coast….

At least eight people have been confirmed dead since the 7.6 magnitude quake struck the west coast on New Year’s Day. At least eight people have been confirmed dead after a massive earthquake hit the coast of central Japan on New Year’s Day with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warning that…