 There was widespread damage to homes, with landslides burying roads in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Wednesday, after a series of powerful earthquakes in the west of the country killed at least 57 people.A magnitude 7.6 tumblr slammed the area on New Year's Day .2 of the latest reported deaths came from Suzu, in Ishikawa Prefecture, where the death toll grew to 22 people. According to city officials .24 people died in nearby Wajima City, the damage was so great that it could not. Immediately be assessed, Japanese media reports said tens of thousands of homes were destroyed water, power and cell phone service were still down in some areas, although casualty numbers continued to climb gradually, the prompt public warnings, relayed on broadcasts and phones, and the quick response from the general public and officials appeared to have limited some of the damage.