There are fears that the death toll for Wednesday's earthquake in Indonesia has risen to 100. Fifty-seven bodies have been recovered, but dozens more are buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings.

There are scores of people injured, ten are in a critical condition. Thousands of people have been made homeless. In West Java, 20,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed.

The earthquake off the island of Java registered 7 on the Richter scale. The rescue operation was quick to begin as the earth tremors were close to the capital Jakarta.
 

There are fears that the death toll for Wednesday's earthquake in Indonesia has risen to 100. Fifty-seven bodies have been recovered, but dozens more are buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings.

There are scores of people injured, ten are in a critical condition. Thousands of people have been made homeless. In West Java, 20,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed.

The earthquake off the island of Java registered 7 on the Richter scale. The rescue operation was quick to begin as the earth tremors were close to the capital Jakarta.