The death toll in Japan’s devastating earthquake reached 7, 348, France Press reports referring to National Police Agency of Japan.

Over 3, 000 bodies were identified, RIA Novosti reports.

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.