IN PICS: Several injured, houses collapsed, roads damaged as 6.7 magnitude earthquake hits Japan

Rescue workers cover a victim being carried into an amburance from an area affected by landslides. /Image Courtesy: AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS

A number of houses in the quake-stricken areas collapsed, with rescue work under way for those possibly buried under the houses, according to local officials./ Image Courtesy: AFP/ JIJI PRESS

Multiple houses were buried by landslides and rescue work is underway for those still missing, Japan's public broadcaster NHK said. A car can be seen stuck on a road damaged by the earthquake/ Courtesy: AFP/ JIJI PRESS

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the major temblor was centred in the Hokkaido prefecture at 3.08 a.m. (Japan time) with the epicentre at a latitude of 42.7 degrees north and a longitude of 142.0 degrees east, and at depth of 40 km, Xinhua news agency reported. In picture, residents queue to enter a supermarket following the earthquake./ Courtesy: AFP / JIJI PRESS

Two people were killed and 120 others injured in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale, followed by a number of aftershocks, that rocked Japan's Hokkaido prefecture early on Thursday. Rescue workers carry the body of a victim from an area hit by landslides in Atsuma town,/ AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS