Japan’s stunning earthquake may be over but there’re reports that smaller scale of magnitude-7 aftershock may be coming. A magnitude 7 quake is capable of destroying buildings and triggering tsunamis. Japan Prime Minister was certainly right to say that the country is facing its worst crisis since World War II as it tackles the aftermath of an earthquake and tsunami and struggles to avert a growing nuclear crisis.
Millions of people remain without power and about 310,000 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters. The number of troops helping with rescue work has been doubled to 100,000. They will be joined by 250,000 police officers and international rescue teams. The crisis has just begun.
Meanwhile, click on the thumbnails below to view some of the stunning photos after the disastrous Super Earthquake that triggered the deadly tsunami.
Soldiers of Japan Self-Defense Force and firefighters search for the victims in the rubbles
An evacuee collects his food rations in a shelter in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture
A woman with her pet dog and belongings on the way from her devastated area in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture
An evacuee collects his food rations in a shelter in Soma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan
An elderly man is being carried by Self-Defense Force
Rescue workers look for survivors while going through debris in Rikuzentakada People in Iwate Prefecture
Snapping a photo after tsunami – how did that car ended up there?
Buildings are submerged after an earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Yamamoto town in Miyagi prefecture
Hard at work – Japan Defense Force personel help people go through the flooded area by boats in Ishinomaki
Neighbours – A plane and vehicles are submerged in debrls washed away by tsunami in Natori city
A vehicle leans over on a telephone pole in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture
Search and rescue operation amidst smoldering debris in Kesennuma, northern Japan
Container cargoes scattered like toy blocks on the ground in an industrial complex in Sendai
Vehicles destroyed by the tsunami in Hitachinaka
The upper part of a house washed away in Minimisanrikucho
People queuing up to get kerosene in Hitachi in Ibaraki Prefecture
A fishing boat which was washed away by tsunami, sits overturned in Hachinohe, Aomori
Residents walk through debris in Minami Sanriku, Miyagi
An official scans a man and a child for radiation at an emergency center
A couple pick up personal belongings from their car after the quake
Black smoke rises from an industrial complex in Shiogama, Miyagi prefecture
People charging up their mobile phones at a shopping street providing a free charging service at Sendai
People taking rest at an evacuation center in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture
People walk through the rubble in Rikuzentakakata, Iwate Prefecture
A man cries after learning his friend was killed in the earthquake
A soldier pulls a rubber boat carrying evacuated people at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture
A soldier carries an elderly woman on his back as people are evacuated to a shelter at Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture
Gutted vehicles and the rubble in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture
A girl, wrapped in a blanket, stands to look on tsunami damaged town at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture
House split – People walk in the rubble in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture
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