Local authorities in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture, which was hit hardest by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake on January 1, today increased the number of casualties. 94 dead and 242 missingwith little hope of finding more survivors.

The cities with the most people missing are the two cities hardest hit by the earthquake; Wajima and Suzuwhere it has been confirmed that numerous houses have collapsed and rescue efforts continue despite the 72-hour limit, after which it is very difficult to find survivors, having already been passed.

The Japanese Coast Guard also I’ve been looking for people by plane and boat since Thursday it could be washed away by tides up to 1.2 meters high.

Experts also warned of tremors this and next week that could be very intense, in addition to the rains that are lashing the area, which could cause landslides and also hamper rescue operations.

in Wajima, at least 55 people diedwhile in Suzu and municipalities such as Hakui, Noto or Anamizu there were 23 such cases, and together there were more than a dozen.

The good news of the day was rescuing a living elderly woman in Susa, who was found under the rubble of her home by a rescue dog from Osaka (western Japan) firefighters named Jennifer.

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To date, the deployment of National Police Agency (NPA) personnel in the region reaches 1,100 people, and the number of Self-Defense Forces (Army) troops has doubled to almost 5,000 people.

Except, More than 30 thousand people remain evacuated in 370 shelters. It’s a different story in Ishikawa, where about 160 people are still incommunicado due to damaged roads.

In the same time, About 27 thousand homes in the region remain without electricity and 68 thousand were left without water.

Monday’s quake on the Noto Peninsula – an area known for active faults – had an epicenter 30 kilometers northeast of Wajima and reached level 7 on Japan’s closed seven-point scale, which focuses on the destructive force of tremors.

This earthquake is now positioned as the most destructive in Japan. since 2011a 9-degree earthquake that caused a tsunami, killing more than 20,000 people and causing the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the worst since Chernobyl (Ukraine) in 1986.

(EFE)