A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck northeast Japan late Saturday night, injuring more than 100 people and causing widespread blackouts, cuts to water supplies and other damage.

Here are scenes from the aftermath.

Screens alert passengers of the suspension of operations of shinkansen services in the Tohoku region at Tokyo Station on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI
Screens alert passengers of the suspension of operations of shinkansen services in the Tohoku region at Tokyo Station on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI

A staff member picks up books at Iwaki City library in Fukushima Prefecture. | REUTERS
A staff member picks up books at Iwaki City library in Fukushima Prefecture. | REUTERS