Earthquake survivors in Japan sleep in coats and hats at shelters without heat or running water

Nanao, Japan CNN —

Minae Akiyama had traveled from southern Japan to Ishikawa prefecture to celebrate New Year’s with her family, when the ground began to shake.

“Thinking about it now still makes me tremble. My heart was pounding, my mind went blank, we just scrambled,” she told CNN from a shelter in the city of Nanao, where she and her family are now staying in the aftermath of the deadly 7.5 magnitude quake that struck on Monday.

Akiyama described sheltering under a table during the quake and praying for survival, before grabbing essentials and running outside. Photos from her mother’s house afterward show closets and cabinets tipped over, and food and kitchen tools scattered on the floor.

The family was unharmed – but two days later, the quake still feels fresh as they wait for relief at the shelter, enduring frequent aftershocks coursing through the ground. Even at the shelter, rubble can be seen surrounding some of the building’s cement pillars.

“I feel like, even now, the building is shaking,” Akiyama said. “Whenever an aftershock happens, I think of the main quake and my body trembles.”

Monday’s earthquake, on the first day of the new year, killed at least 84 people, with 79 still missing as of 3 p.m. Thursday (1 a.m. ET), according to a spokesperson for Ishikawa Prefecture.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Wednesday said 70 people had been rescued and officials were rushing to meet a request to deploy rescue dogs.

The quake shook the Noto Peninsula, located on the western, more rural side of central Japan, triggering tsunami alerts, fires and collapsed buildings. Photos across the region showed entire multi-story buildings had fallen on