More than 1,100 people died from earthquakes in Indonesia

At least 1,100 people have been killed by a massive earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, while thousands of others are still buried under rubble.

The BBC quoted the head of the UN humanitarian relief team, saying hundreds of people were injured. The number of casualties will certainly increase.

Many Indonesians go to find relatives at the hospital and cry out painfully when they are told the worst thing has happened.(Photo: BBC)

Rescue teams worked all day and last night to look for survivors of the rubble. Padang city in West Sumatra province is the most heavily affected.

The magnitude 7.6 earthquake caused buildings to collapse, power outages and communications. President Indonessia Bambang Susilo Yudhoyono yesterday inspected the most severely affected areas and encouraged the people to overcome the consequences of natural disasters.

US President Barack Obama, who was a teenager in Indonesia, said he was " very moved " by the situation where the islanders were suffering.

The city of Padang is located on the coast of western Sumatra and has 900,000 inhabitants. Scientists have warned that the city will one day be flattened, because its location is right where earthquakes are common.

The earthquake in Indonesia took place just 12 hours after a tsunami - also caused by an earthquake - swept across Samoa island in the southern Pacific, causing at least 200 people to die.

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