Woman in Her 90s Rescued Alive 5 Days After Japan’s Deadly Earthquake

Woman in Her 90s Rescued Alive 5 Days After Japan’s Deadly Earthquake
Police officers go into a building at the premises of a temple to search for victims in Wajima in the Noto peninsula, facing the Sea of Japan, northwest of Tokyo, on Jan. 6, 2024. Hiro Komae/AP Photo
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WAJIMA, Japan—A woman in her 90s was pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan late Saturday, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and setting off landslides.

The woman in Suzu city, Ishikawa Prefecture, had survived for more than five days after the 7.6 magnitude quake that hit the area Monday. Nationally broadcast news footage showed helmeted rescue workers covering the view of the area with blue plastic, and the woman was not visible.