The event in Ishikawa prefecture, on the main island of Honshu, caused the destruction of thousands of buildings, the blocking of roads and unleashed a devastating fire and a tsunami warning, with waves of more than one meter.
Rescue teams continue with the arduous search tasks in the middle of heavy rains and risks of landslides to find survivors of the fort earthquake that last Monday hit the central region of Japan and left a balance of 73 dead Until now.
Japanese authorities said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6.
He magnitude 7.5 earthquakeaccording to him United States Geological Survey (USGS), shook Ishikawa at 4:10 p.m. local time (4:10 a.m. Argentine time) on Monday, meanwhile, the Japanese authorities assured that the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6.
The event recorded in the Ishikawa Prefectureon the main island of honshucaused the destruction of thousands of buildings, blocked roads and unleashed a devastating fire and a tsunami warningwith waves of more than one meter.
He Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishidastated this Wednesday that there is “a race against time” to rescue the survivors who are still trapped in the rubble, according to a dispatch from the AFP agency.
They seek to rescue more people trapped by the earthquake
Likewise, he highlighted: “More than 40 hours have passed since the disaster. We have many reports of people who need to be rescued.”
The authorities warned about the heavy rains that were recorded today in one of the most affected areas, the Noto Peninsula, in the Sea of Japan, and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warned about the risks of landslides.
Source: Ambito
