In Japan, only in the last day (March 18, began in Tokyo at 18:00 MSK) occurred more than 20 earthquakes with a magnitude aftershock from 4,5 to 6,1. All the aftershocks were concentrated near the eastern coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu, that is in the area where the March 11 happened in the history of the country's most powerful earthquake of magnitude 9.
According to the police headquarters in Japan at 16:00 MSK, confirmed the death of almost 5,7 thousand people from disaster strikes. More than 9,5 thousand people remain unaccounted for. Thus, the possible number of deaths can exceed 15 thousand people.
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