A week after an earthquake devastated parts of Sumatra, relief and rescue efforts had shifted to areas of the hinterland that are still cut off.

Many roads were destroyed by the earthquake, hampering relief efforts. Some villages are still only accessible by air. Relief efforts have been hampered by the widespread destruction of infrastructure and heavy rains over the past week.
 

The Indonesian government is considering declaring some of the villages that were buried by landslides as mass graves. The government says around 400 people are believed to have been buried alive when hillsides collapsed and completely destroyed four adjacent villages in Padang Pariaman district.
 

The United Nations says they have enough aid supplies but that it is still a problem to get the goods to where they are needed most. Initial relief efforts concentrated on Sumatra's main city of Padang; the search for survivors has been discontinued and relief workers are concentrating on the victims. Many people are in desperate need of food, clean drinking water and shelter.

According to the International Red Cross, around one million people were directly affected by the earthquake and subsequent tremors. The death toll has risen to 1,100 but could reach 5,000.