Japan earthquake: Woman in 90s found alive under rubble five days later - BBC News

More than 120 people have been confirmed dead since Monday's 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Local residents walk between collapsed houses at a tsunami-devastated residential area in the town of SuzuBy Vicky WongBBC NewsA woman in her 90s has been found alive under rubble five days after a devastating earthquake struck central Japan.

Rescue workers discovered her in the wreckage of a two-storey building in the town of Suzu.

The 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Japan Sea coast on Monday, flattening towns on the remote Noto peninsula.

More than 120 people have been confirmed dead, and 200 are missing.

According to the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, 100 rescuers were sent to the town of Suzu after learning that two women were buried alive.

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