Deaths earthquakes Japan rises

- The number of deaths caused by the earthquakes in Japan has risen to 44. About 30,000 rescue workers are still busy looking for missing persons in the mud and debris.

There are missing a total of eight people. About a thousand people were injured. More than 94 000 people in shelters currently facing a shortage of food and water. Because the roads are destroyed, the delivery of emergency supplies difficult.

Monday evening (local time) the area was hit by an aftershock of 5. 8. Since the earthquake Thursday, there were a total of 600 aftershocks felt on the Japanese island of Kyushu. 87 of them had a magnitude of four heavy enough to shake buildings.