Death Toll in JapanEarthquake Rises to 37.

The death toll in the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck Japan on Thursday has risen to 39, the country's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said. Two people remain missing, and at least 641 people were injured. Evacuation centres are still holding 2,544 people. The quake is the latest in a string of natural disasters that have hit Japan recently, including deadly floods, typhoons, earthquakes, landslides and heatwaves..

Lasting almost a minute, powerful tremors jolted people from their beds early Thursday, collapsing roads and causing landslides that buried homes and other buildings. Thursday's earthquake comes as much of Japan is still dealing with the effects of Typhoon Jebi, the strongest such storm to hit the Japanese mainland in 25 years.

Before it made landfall, the storm had sustained winds of 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph) and gusts of 165 kilometres per hour (102 mph), the equivalent of a Category 1 Atlantic hurricane.