CANBERRA, April 5 (Xinhua) -- A U.N. disaster response team is heading to the Solomon Islands to help coordinate relief efforts following Monday's tsunami sparked by a strong earthquake, as bodies are still being found in the devastated area, Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio reported Thursday.

    Thirty people have been reportedly killed and thousands left homeless in the tsunami following a magnitude 8.1 earthquake.

    Solomons' National Disaster Council is telling people to return to their villages. But with earth tremors still shaking the islands many are staying away from buildings.

    There have been about 10 aftershocks taking place in the same region since Monday's tsunami, with two of magnitude 6.2 and 6.0 violently shaking the region Wednesday.

    Residents in the affected region have been starting to receive emergency aid from the United Nations, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and international groups.

    An Australian C130 aircraft departs for the Solomon Islands Thursday morning carrying Australian relief supplies and a disaster management expert.

    The plane will be carrying supplies including tarpaulins, water containers, nylon ropes, blankets, water purifying tablets and emergency medical field packs to support local hospitals.

    An Australian team of four medics, including doctors and nurses, also left for affected areas Thursday.

    Meanwhile, a group of journalists on Wednesday found a body of a woman killed near Gizo, the hardest hit area in Monday's tragedy, and alerted the authorities.