Police rescue team members search through damaged houses to check for trapped people in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, on Friday, prior to the second earthquake striking.

A family embraces at a hotel in Kumamoto, southern Japan early Saturday after an earthquake.

Police officers run in front of collapsed houses in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, on Friday after the first earthquake struck.

A hotel guest tries to protect herself from repeated aftershocks in Kumamoto, southern Japan, early Saturday.

A man rescued from a collapsed house is carried out in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, on Saturday.

A resident walks through the debris after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Friday.

A woman covers her face as she takes shelter at Kumamoto Red Cross Hospital in Kumamoto, southern Japan, early Saturday after an earthquake.

Evacuees share a blanket at Kumamoto Red Cross Hospital in Kumamoto, southern Japan early Saturday after an earthquake.

Debris from a collapsed building is strewn about after an earthquake in Kumamoto, southern Japan, early Saturday.