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QUAKE TERROR Rescuers in Japan ‘battle against time’ to find survivors buried in rubble as death toll hits 30 after wave of quakes

RESCUERS in Japan are "battling against time" to find survivors after more than 80 earthquakes rocked the country.
A series of powerful quakes earthquakes struck Japan’s main island of Honshu on New Year's Day – the worst being a 7.6 magnitude, leaving at least 30 dead.
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As daylight broke, the scale of the destruction emerged with dozens of houses flattened in NanaoCredit: Reuters14

Smoke rising after a huge fire in Wajima, Ishikawa sparked by the 7.6 magnitude quakeCredit: AFP14

Houses and buildings collapsed near the epicentreCredit: Reuters14

A huge fire raged following the quakes at a residential area in Wajima, IshikawaCredit: Reuters14

The quakes triggered triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high, toppled buildings, caused a major fire and ripped apart roads.
Officials initially warned waves could be as high as 16ft in some places before the warnings were lifted early on Tuesday morning.
The worst affected areas of Toyama, Ishikawa and Niigata are now at risk of landslides and collapsing houses as aftershocks are set to continue for the next few days.
As daylight broke, the scale of the destruction on the Noto Peninsula emerged with buildings still on fire, houses flattened, fishing boats sunk or washed ashore and motorways hit by landslides.

At least 30 people have been confirmed dead so far after the disaster - with the death toll expected to rise as rescuers comb the rubble for survivors.
At least six people are trapped, the government said, adding that the army had been deployed to aid rescue efforts.
“The search and rescue of those impacted by the quake is a battle against time," Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida said during an emergency disaster meeting.
"Very extensive damage has been confirmed, including numerous casualties, building collapses and fires."

A huge fire raged in the residential area of Wajima, Ishikawa, close to the epicentre of the successive earthquakes.
It engulfed a row of houses, with people being evacuated in the dark, some with blankets and others carrying babies.
Aerial news footage showed the terrifying scale of the fire - where a seven-storey commercial also building collapsed.
The after-effects of the major 7.6 earthquake were felt in North Korea, South Korea and Russia's Far East - where tsunami warnings were also issued to local populations.

And more earthquakes are expected in the coming hours and days, officials said.
Japan's meteorological agency warned that there is a "very high risk" of further buildings collapsing.
"Do not wander away from the safe place," they said.
"History tells us that the similar scale of earthquakes can reoccur within two to three days."
On Monday, Japanese TV channels interrupted normal services with warnings including a video of Kishida urging people in danger areas to "evacuate as soon as possible" to higher ground.

“We realise your home, your belongings are all precious to you, but your lives are important above everything else! Run to the highest ground possible," an alarmed presenter on national broadcaster NHK told viewers.
Government spokesperson, Hayashi Yoshimasa, warned it was critical for people in coastal areas to get away from the oncoming tsunami waves.
"Every minute counts. Please evacuate to a safe area immediately," he said.
Around 33,500 households around the epicentre, in Toyama, Ishikawa and Niigata prefectures, were without power, local utilities said.

Panic buying has broken out in the stores across the affected areas as residents stock up on water, rice and bread.
The country's nuclear authority said that nuclear plants in the area had not reported any irregularities and there was no risk of radioactive leaks.
"I have never experienced anything like this before, it was scary. I went out right away but the ground was shaking," an elderly man told broadcaster NHK.
"I was scared to see utility poles shaking," a young boy added.
In South Korea, waves measuring 3ft reached its eastern coast after the quakes in Japan.

The city of Samcheok advised residents to move to areas higher than a three-storey building.
Separately, North Korea issued tsunami warnings for its coast of possible waves of more than 7ft.
Russia also declared a tsunami alert in the far eastern cities of Vladiovostok, close to Japan's Pacific seaboard, state news reported.
Japan is one of the most seismically active countries in the world due to its position in the the "Pacific Ring of Fire" where several tectonic plates meet and grind against each other.

Honshu, Japan's main island and the epicentre of today's quakes, lies at the intersection between Eurasian, Philippine and North American plates.
The country is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0 magnitude undersea quake off northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, which triggered a tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people.
New Year's Day was the first time since that fateful day that Japan has issued a major tsunami warning.

The 2011 tsunami also sent three reactors into meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing Japan's worst post-war disaster and the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl.


In March 2022, a 7.4-magnitude quake off the coast of Fukushima shook large areas of eastern Japan, killing three people.
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A policeman stands guard on a beach as Japan prepares for a series of larger waves to smash against its shoresCredit: AP14

Tsunami waves of 9ft are threatening to smash into Japan after a 7.6 magnitude earthquakeCredit: AFP14

Cracks broke apart the ground in Wajima, IshikawaCredit: AP14

Crowds sheltered together as the country faced over 80 earthquakes todayCredit: AFP14

The inside of a library in the wake of the 7.6 magnitude earthquakeCredit: Alamy14

Further quakes are expected in coming daysCredit: Reuters14

A torii gate was destroyed by the tremorsCredit: AP14

People cling onto one another inside a store in Ishikawa when the first of the quakes hitCredit: Reuters14

Others were forced to dive for cover in a bowling alleyCredit: x

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