3,000 may be trapped under Indonesia quake rubble

In Indonesia, 3,000 people may still be trapped under rubble after a powerful earthquake two days ago.

Priyadi Kardono, a spokesman for the ministry's Disaster Management Agency, on Friday said 715 people have been confirmed dead and 2,400 hospitalised.

Wednesday's 7.6 undersea earthquake caused devastation across large parts of West Sumatra.

The most casualties were reported in the regional capital, Padang.

Search and rescue teams were trying to find survivors, and a foreign aid effort flew in tents, water, medicine, food and hundreds of emergency workers.