Tens of thousands of people in quake-hit central Japan are still without power or water two days after the disaster. Transportation systems are still out of action in many areas.

The main electricity supplier serving the disaster areas says about 33,900 households in Ishikawa Prefecture were without power as of 7 a.m. on Wednesday.

About 9,400 households in Wajima City and about 7,800 in Suzu City do not have access to power. Both are in the Noto region, epicenter of the quake.

Meanwhile, in Niigata Prefecture, all the power had been restored by Tuesday night.

Water is another problem. Ishikawa Prefecture says at least 95,000 households in the prefecture did not have water as of 8 a.m. on Wednesday in 14 municipalities, including Wajima and Suzu cities.

In Niigata Prefecture, as of 7 a.m. on Wednesday, 178 households in Niigata City's Nishi-ku, remain without water.

The taps are running in Nagaoka City but the water coming through the pipes is cloudy for more than 1,600 households in the city's Washima district.

The entire city of Himi, in Toyama Prefecture, lost access to water at one point. Services had been restored to about 4,000 households in Miyada and Kubo districts by 7 a.m. on Wednesday.

The earthquake is still disrupting transportation systems.

East Japan Railway Company, or JR-East, says the Joetsu and Hokuriku shinkansen lines have resumed full operations.

The quake caused track foundations to cave in on the local JR Echigo line. The operator says services are not going to resume any time soon.

All sections of expressways in Ishikawa Prefectures had reopened for traffic by Tuesday.

The national highway eight in Niigata's Joetsu City remains inaccessible, with some sections covered in soil. There is little prospect of the road highway reopening soon.