Balance of fatalities as a result earthquake of magnitude 7.6 recorded on January 1 in western Japan was 126 and 211 people remain missingwhich was confirmed this Saturday by local authorities.

According to the prefecture IshikawaThe worst hit by the earthquake, as of this Saturday afternoon, 69 deaths have been confirmed in Wajima City, 38 in Suzu City, nine in Anamizu City, five in Nanao City and two in Noto, two in Shika and one in Hakui.

One of the few good news in recent hours was the rescue of a woman. 90 years old from the rubble of a destroyed house in the city of Suzu, this is the first rescue in the last 24 hours. The woman, found unconscious, was later stabilized.

Four days after the earthquake, 14 towns in the prefecture, including on the outskirts of Wajima, were still isolated and nearly 30,000 evacuees from the prefecture were still waiting to return to their homes.

Meanwhile, Japanese police increased the number of troops assigned to respond to emergencies from 700 to 1,100, and the Japanese government doubled the number of soldiers stationed in affected areas to 5,000 participants, the official agency said. Kyodo.

The quake prompted an unusually strong tsunami warning, although all warnings had been canceled by Tuesday morning and it was followed by hundreds of new aftershocks.