Police said the four victims trapped inside the house in the town of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. The four victims were buried by landslides due to soil 7.0 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale (SR), which occurred at 17:16 local time.
As reported by NHK, Tuesday (12/04/2011), police and firefighters have evacuated all the victims of the mud pile. However, high-school students aged16 years are confirmed dead and three other victims suffered serious injuries.
