In Photos: Bullet train derails, traffic disrupted after strong quake strikes east Japan

A Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train derailed by a powerful earthquake near Shiroishizao Station is seen in Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, at 6:47 a.m. on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada)

A Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train derailed by a powerful earthquake is seen in Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun aircraft at 6:33 a.m. on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi)

Power masts supporting overhead wires on the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train line are seen tilted after a powerful earthquake, in Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, at 5:39 a.m. on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada)

Passengers get off a Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train derailed by a powerful earthquake and head to a bus waiting under the elevated track in Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, at 4:14 a.m. on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada)

Cracks caused by a powerful earthquake are seen on the Tohoku Expressway in Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun aircraft at 7 a.m. on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi)

People wait in line for taxis in Sendai's Aoba Ward at 12:08 a.m. on March 17, 2022, as train operations are suspended for safety inspections after a powerful earthquake. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada)

Smoke from a fire billows out of an apartment in Sendai's Miyagino Ward at 12:42 a.m. on March 17, 2022, just after a powerful earthquake struck east Japan. (Mainichi/Daisuke Wada)

Glass from a second-floor wall broken by a powerful earthquake is seen scattered on the ground in Sendai's Aoba Ward, at 1:24 a.m. on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Makoto Fukazu)

Wall tiles in the JR Fukushima Station building in the city of Fukushima are seen shattered at 12:50 a.m. on March 17, 2022 after a powerful earthquake late the previous day. (Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki)

Fallen items at a convenience store in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, are seen at 12:19 a.m. on March 17, 2022 following a powerful earthquake late the day before. (Mainichi/Akihiro Kumada)

A bar manager in the city of Fukushima clears up bottles and other items that fell during a powerful earthquake in this photo taken at 12:01 a.m. on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Ryusuke Takahashi)

The Kichijoji downtown area in the suburban Tokyo city of Musashino is seen dark due to a blackout caused by a powerful earthquake in this photo taken at 12:48 a.m. on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Koichiro Tezuka)

A police officer directs traffic at an intersection in Tokyo at 12:27 a.m. on March 17, 2022 after the traffic lights were knocked out by a blackout caused by a powerful earthquake late the day before. (Mainichi/Naoki Watanabe)

A sign at JR Yokohama Station announces that all trains have been suspended due to a powerful earthquake, in this photo taken in Yokohama early on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Ryuichi Okamoto)

Water leaks from the ceiling at JR Fukushima Station after a powerful earthquake, in this photo taken in the city of Fukushima at 12:50 a.m. on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki)

People look at electric noticeboards at the ticket gates to the shinkansen bullet train platforms at JR Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture, at 6:44 a.m. on March 17, 2022. Bullet train services were suspended after a powerful earthquake the night before. (Mainichi/Yuga Matsumoto)

Items are seen scattered at a drugstore in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, at 8:57 a.m. on March 17, 2022, after a powerful earthquake late the previous day. (Mainichi/Naohiro Koenuma)

A vacant house that apparently collapsed during a powerful earthquake on March 16, 2022, is seen in Kunimi, Fukushima Prefecture, the following morning. (Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki)

A van is seen under the roof of a building in Kunimi, Fukushima Prefecture, that collapsed in a powerful earthquake, at 9:02 a.m. on March 17, 2022. (Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki)

Residents gather at a water station set up in the parking lot of the Naraha Municipal Government office in Fukushima Prefecture on March 17, 2022, the morning after a powerful earthquake struck the region. (Mainichi/Hideyuki Kakinuma)