(MENAFN- Live Mint) "The death toll has surged to 48 after the earthquake jolted Japan on New Year's Day. Meanwhile, rescuers are scrabbling to find quake survivors in isolated areas as quake toppled multiple buildings, roads caved in and power outages extended for hours of Japanese army personnel, firefighters, and police officers from across the country have been dispatched to the worst-hit area in the Noto peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture to rescue the survivors of the earthquake quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 has killed 48 people as per the authorities in Ishikawa with half of those fatalities in hard-hit Wajima city near the quake's epicentre NTR returns from Japan after series of powerful earthquakes jolt the countryAccording to the Japan Meteorological Agency, more than 140 tremors were detected since the quake first hit on Monday. The agency has warned more strong shocks could hit in the coming
days Japanese government has sent around 10,000 quake survivors to sports halls and school gymnasiums, commonly used as evacuation centres in emergencies.21 earthquakes in Japan trigger tsunami; N Korea, Russia on high alertAt present, around 33,000 households remained without power in Ishikawa on Tuesday earthquake comes at a sensitive time for Japan's nuclear industry, which has faced fierce opposition from some locals since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima week Japan lifted an operational ban imposed on the world's biggest nuclear plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, which has been offline since the 2011 tsunami earthquake: India issues emergency contact numbers after tsunami alertsThe Nuclear Regulation Authority said no irregularities were found at nuclear plants along the Sea of Japan, including five active reactors at Kansai Electric Power's Ohi and Takahama plants in Fukui Prefecture Electric's Shika plant, the closest to the epicentre, has also been idled since 2011. The company said there had been some power outages and oil leaks following Monday's jolt but no radiation leakage company had previously said it hoped to restart the reactor in 2026 equipment maker Kokusai Electric said it is investigating further after finding some damage at its factory in Toyama ahead of the planned resumption of operations on Thursday including Sharp, Komatsu, and Toshiba have been checking whether their factories in the area have been damaged.(With Reuters inputs)

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