despite the damage to roads and buildings, this earthquake is not as severe as 2011, when a magnitude nine quake triggered a tsunami, leading to a nuclear meltdown at the fukushima power plant. this time, all nuclear facilities are currently u naffected. our reporter suranjana tewari was injapan when the quake hit. shejoined mejust hours ago with more. great to see you. if you could just begin by telling us a little bit about the latest on the ground where you are. yeah, helen, iwill- authorities have downgraded the latest tsunami warning, they issued an issue in ishiwaka prefecture as soon as the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck, did trigger waves of one metre across the west coast as japan, even as far as south korea. what we do know is buildings have been damaged. some fires were started. some people have died and many more remain trapped.
of control into the night, sparked by broken gas mains and overturned kerosene heaters. fire services unable to reach the scene for many hours after the quake hit. wajima is on the far north of the noto peninsula, closest to the epicentre of monday s quake. the damage here has been extensive. the death toll has begun to rise this morning. there are thought to be many more people trapped under collapsed buildings. the temperature in the area last night was below freezing. the race is now on to get to them as quickly as possible. but rescue efforts are being hampered by massive damage to roads. dozens of landslides triggered by the quake have blocked, or even ripped apart, many of the main roads along the peninsula. monday s quake was extremely large and shallow, and the shaking very violent. the highest recorded injapan since a massive quake hit the north east coast back in march 2011, unleashing the fu kushima nuclear disaster.
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