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Japan earthquakes death toll climbs to at least 48 as temblors continue rocking country's west
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-earthquake-deaths-aftershocks-continue-after-tsunami-warnings/
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Forty-eight people were confirmed dead in Ishikawa, with the casualties concentrated in the cities of Wajima and Suzu, according to Japan’s state broadcaster NHK and other media outlets.
Japan’s military dispatched 1,000 soldiers to the disaster zones to join rescue efforts, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
Japan’s Kyodo news agency, citing Ishikawa prefectural officials, said several fires in Wajima had engulfed more than 200 structures and there were more than a dozen reports of people being trapped under rubble in the city.
“It is extremely difficult for vehicles to enter northern areas of the Noto Peninsula,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at a press conference, adding the central government has been coordinating shipment of relief supplies using ships.
A major quake and tsunami in March 2011 caused three reactors to melt and release large amounts of radiation at a nuclear plant in northeastern Japan.
Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because of its location along the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.
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