00:30 Japan Earthquake Damage Japan drone footage shows landslides and seismic faults after powerful earthquakes.

As a new week began, at least nine people remained missing in southern Japan following two powerful earthquakes that killed 42 people, but aid was beginning to arrive from other countries, including the United States.

Airlifts delivered water, bread, ready-to-eat food and other emergency supplies to a remote area of southern Japan on Monday, according to the Associated Press. The U.S. has major Air Force, Navy and Marine bases in Japan, and stations about 50,000 troops in the country.

The airlifts targeted the remote Kyushu Island town of Minamiaso, population 12,000, which was partially cut off by landslides and road damage following the earthquake, the report added. As they waited for supplies, residents in the town attempted to communicate with aircraft by spelling out a giant "SOS" by lining up chairs.

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The 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan's Kyushu Island early Saturday morning local time in virtually the same location as Thursday's deadly, damaging 6.2 magnitude foreshock.

Residents are slowly trying to piece their lives back together, but officials say that as many as 1,500 have been injured and 180,000 are without shelter.

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The latest tremor occurred at 1:25 a.m. local time (12:25 p.m. EDT Friday) at a depth of 6.2 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. According to local police, Saturday's quake killed 32 people.

The quake's epicenter was in Kumamoto prefecture just miles from the location of Thursday's temblor that killed nine people and left more than 800 injured. An aftershock measuring 5.4 hit southern Kyushu island on Saturday morning.

Army troops and other rescuers used military helicopters to reach people stranded at a mountain resort and in hard-hit communities near Kumamoto on Saturday, according to the AP.

Police received reports of 97 cases of people buried or trapped under collapsed buildings, while 10 people were caught in landslides, Kyodo reported.

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The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 66 people were trapped inside of a nursing home in Mashiki, the hardest hit town, according to AP. A major landslide was also reported in Minam Aso.

Local media reported that nearly 200,000 homes were without power and an estimated 400,000 households were without running water. Saturday some residents began sleeping in their vehicles at a public park.

"I don't think we can go back there. Our life is in limbo," 62-year-old evacuee Yoshiaki Tanaka told the AP. Tanaka, his wife and his 85-year-old mother fled their home after Saturday's quake. At least 91,000 people were evacuated.

A local TV station showed a collapsed student dormitory at Tokai University, reduced to a single level rather than it's original two-story height. Two students reportedly died in the collapse, according to AP.

Damage to the terminal building of Kumamoto Airport led to the cancellation of all flights through Sunday, NHK reported.

The famous site of Kumamoto Castle, built in the early 17th century, was badly damaged, Senior Chief of International Affairs Osamu Yoshizumi told CNN.com. Overturned vehicles, broken roads and flattened houses further showed the extent of the damage.

The historic Aso Shrine was also damaged during the second quake and a towering gate known as the "cherry blossom gate" collapsed.

At least 1,000 buildings have been damaged, with 90 completely destroyed, the AP said. Heavy rain began falling Saturday night, impeding rescue efforts and triggering huge landslides that blocked roads and left buildings hanging precariously.

The large quake triggered a small eruption on Japan's Mount Aso, Channel NewsAsia reports. The eruption occurred around 8:30 a.m. local time, with smoke rising about 100 meters into the air. The Japanese Meteorological Agency kept its alert level at 2 on a scale of 5 for the volcano, which has erupted in the past.