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The toll due to a series of powerful earthquakes in Japan, including one with a magnitude of 7.6, has now risen to 62, NHK World reported, citing officials from the hard-hit Ishikawa prefecture. Most of the fatalities have been confirmed in Wajima and Suzu on the Noto Peninsula.
Over 20 people are reported to be seriously injured as authorities seek to confirm how many people remain missing, according to Bloomberg. Many are feared trapped under collapsed houses.
The earthquakes jolted the Noto Peninsula in the central prefecture of Ishikawa on Monday, causing buildings to collapse and tsunami warnings to be sent as far away as eastern Russia.
