A strong earth quake hit northern Japan on Saturday killing two people and injuring dozens other. The tremor which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale triggered landslides, tore up roads and shattered windows.

Although it struck Kurihara (Miyagi prefecture) a largely agricultural region, the quake was strong enough to shake the skyscrapers of Japan’s capital, Tokyo, located about 300 miles to the south.

The quake’s epicenter was in Iwate, a thinly populated area about 190 miles north of Tokyo. The tremor struck at 8:43 a.m. and was followed by dozens of aftershocks.

One of the two who died in the tremor was caught in a landslide according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura. The other victim died as he ran out of a building and was hit by a car.

Another four people were reportedly buried in a landslide in Kurihara city in hard-hit Miyagi prefecture, TV Asahi reported. However, it is still unknown whether they survived or not. Three other people were missing at a work site also in a landslide in Kurihara, Kyodo news agency said.

A leak of water containing a small amount of radiation was reported at a Tokyo Electric Power nuclear power facility. Fortunately there was no leakage outside, a spokesman for Japan's biggest utility said.

At least 2,000 were trapped in bullet trains which were stopped between stations according to rail operator JR East.