Over 5,178 people were killed, 8,606 missing in Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, France Presse reports refereeing to National Police Agency of Japan.

Earlier Xinhua agency reported of 4,314 killed and 8,600 missing, RIA Novosti reports.

As reported earlier, on March 11, the biggest earthquake (9 magnitude) in the recent years hit the northeast of Japan, triggering a 10-meter tsunami and followed by several powerful aftershocks. The epicenter is located 373 to north-east from Japan’s capital, Tokyo at the depth of 24 kilometers. A massive earthquake damaged cooling functions of the Fukushima nuclear plant, making the operator to pour seawater into reactors and let out radioactive air into atmosphere.