A man was pulled out alive from the rubble on the third day after the earthquake in Japan

In Japan, three days after a series of powerful earthquakes, rescuers pulled an elderly man alive from the rubble. reports Kyodo agency.

It is noted that the 80-year-old pensioner was rescued in Ishikawa Prefecture, which suffered the main damage from the disaster. According to the agency, this is the first time a living person has been recovered since January 2. 72 hours have passed since the first tremors.

The local police admit that the chances of finding survivors are decreasing every hour, but rescuers do not stop searching and clearing the rubble after the collapse of buildings.

Let us remind you that on the first day of the new year, a series of earthquakes hit the central part of Japan, the magnitude of the most powerful of which reached 7.6. They were given the name “Earthquake on the Noto Peninsula”.

As a result of the earthquakes, landslides occurred in the mountainous regions of the country. Fires broke out in several cities. The total number of victims of a series of tremors in Japan has risen to 73. The earthquake was the most powerful to hit this part of Japan since 1885.