Aftershocks continue to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas a day after a magnitude 7.6 quake slammed the area on Monday.
The 7.6-magnitude earthquake in western Japan has killed at least 48 people and reduced buildings to rubble.
More than 500 people have been injured and more than 110 killed in the midnight quake.
Land in the region has risen by nine centimetres since October 27,according to the Icelandic Met Office,without showing imminent signs of eruption.
Authorities said the death toll that hit just before midnight on Friday,Nepal time,was expected to rise,noting that communications were cut off in many places.
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake in Victoria’s Cape Otway region rattled parts of Melbourne in the early hours of Sunday morning.
At least 2000 people have been killed by earthquakes in the west of the country. Hundreds are still trapped,more than 1000 hurt and more than 1300 homes destroyed.
Twin earthquakes in western Afghanistan on Saturday killed at least 320 people,according to the United Nations.
Childhood education,legislation,self-defence forces on stand-by,local government planning – readiness for natural disasters is expensive,but it saves lives.
A video by a guest shows the moment the 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck,with images of celebrations suddenly giving way to chaos,darkness and screaming.
I experienced a minute of terror in Marrakesh. The people who had shown me such great hospitality now face much worse.