Photo gallery: Japan earthquake

About 100,000 people have left their homes in southern Japan after two shuddering earthquakes on successive nights last week knocked over hundreds of buildings.

About 100,000 evacuees from a pair of powerful earthquakes in Japan have been enduring chilly weather, some sleeping outdoors or in their cars.

In this April 18, 2016 photo, plastic bags containing garbage are piled up near a shelter in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan

A residents stand in front of damaged house in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, in southern Japan on Saturday, April 16, 2016. A powerful earthquake struck southern Japan early Saturday, barely 24 hours after a smaller quake hit the same region.

Medical staff prepare to evacuate patients from the hospital in Kumamoto City over fears it could collapse as a wave of aftershocks shook the area.

Rescue workers take care of an elderly woman in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan.

An aerial view shows damaged houses in the town of Mashiki in Kumamoto prefecture, on April 15, 2016, after a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu the day before.

Tsugio Araki, 67-year-old sign maker, walks past his collapsed house in Mashiki town, where an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale was registered, and intensity seven on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale, the first intensity seven since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 15 April 2016.

Residents walk through debris following a magnitude-6.2 earthquake, intensity seven on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; the first intensity seven since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

A motorcyclist drives on road cracked heavily by an earthquake in the town of Mashiki, in the Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 15, 2016.

A resident leaps over a traffic sign after checking his house that was damaged by a collapsed national highway in the town of Mashiki, in the Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 15, 2016.

A resident carrying his child on his back walks through debris of collapsed houses with supplies following a magnitude-6.2 earthquake, intensity seven on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; the first intensity seven since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, in Mashiki town, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 15, 2016.

A resident walks by a collapsed house in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, on April 15, 2016.

This aerial view shows damaged houses in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, on April 15, 2016, a day after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake.

A man with a child, walks past houses destroyed by Thursday’s earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2016. The powerful earthquake struck Thursday night, knocking down houses and buckling roads.

Police rescue team members search through damaged houses to check possibility of trapped people in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2016.

A resident carrying a dog walks by houses damaged by a magnitude-6.5 earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2016.

This handout image taken from video footage released by the Kumamoto Prefectural Police on April 15, 2016 shows a rescue worker carrying an eight-month-old baby girl after she was pulled from the rubble following an earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture.

A man walks on a street covered with rubble in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016.

A damaged house is seen in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016. A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday, collapsing homes and sparking fires, officials said, but the scale of damage remained unclear.

An aerial view shows damaged Kyushu highway in the city of Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016, after a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu the day before.

A woman stands in front of her damaged house in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016, after a 6.5-magnitude quake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu on April 14.

A man walks next to a sidewalk covered by rubble in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016, after a 6.5-magnitude quake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu on April 14.

Haruki Ito, 62, stands in front of his collapsed house in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016, after a 6.5-magnitude quake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu on April 14.

This picture shows a collapsed house in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016, after a 6.5-magnitude quake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu on April 14.

A general view shows a collapsed wall next to houses in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016, after a 6.5-magnitude quake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu on April 14.

A damaged house is seen in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016. A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday, collapsing homes and sparking fires, officials said, but the scale of damage remained unclear.

A collapse wall is seen in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016. A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday, collapsing homes and sparking fires, officials said, but the scale of damage remained unclear.

A woman cries as she speaks of her collapsed house in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016. A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday, collapsing homes and sparking fires, officials said, but the scale of damage remained unclear.

Boulders block a street in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016. A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday, collapsing homes and sparking fires, officials said, but the scale of damage remained unclear.

A damaged house is seen in the town of Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016. A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday, collapsing homes and sparking fires, officials said, but the scale of damage remained unclear.

A boy stands on the collapsed stone fence a day after the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake on April 15, 2016 in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan. As of April 15 morning, at least nine people died in the powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on April 14, 2016.

The roof of a house is left collapsed after an earthquake on April 15, 2016 in Mashiki town, Kumamoto, Japan. At least nine people have died in a powerful earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4, that struck Kumamoto Prefecture yesterday.

Car is damaged by fallen blocks after an earthquake hit the area on April 15, 2016 in Mahiki, Kumamoto, Japan. At least nine people have died in a powerful earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4, that struck Kumamoto Prefecture yesterday.

A resident passes by a broken vending machine after an earthquake on April 15, 2016 in Kumamoto, Japan. At least nine people have died in a powerful earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4, that struck Kumamoto Prefecture yesterday.

A clock stopped at 0:05 is seen in the collapsed house a day after the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake on April 15, 2016 in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan.

Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces make rice balls at the soup-run operated at the evacuation center a day after the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake at the Mashiki Town Hall on April 15, 2016 in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan.