Rescuers search for survivors after earthquake

Rescue teams in Indonesia were searching for six people still missing after a strong earthquake rocked Sumatra island a day earlier, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, an official said. The 6.2-magnitude quake hit the island’s north at a depth of 12 kilometres minutes after a less violent tremor Friday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), displacing thousands. It damaged hundreds of homes and buildings including mosques, schools and banks, forcing terrified residents to evacuate and shuttle loved ones to safety in temporary shelters. “At the moment the search is ongoing for six people we predict have been buried by a landslide,” said Abdul Muhari, spokesman of Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), in a statement. – AFP