Electricity was back online and most transportation routes reopened Sunday in Miyagi following three strong earthquakes that hit the prefecture Saturday.
Residents, however, appeared exhausted as they remained wary of aftershocks.
One aftershock with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 rocked northern Miyagi on Sunday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of damage from the 1:20 quake, whose focus was 10 km underground, and no tsunami warning was issued.