Monday's quake in the Indonesian islands of Nias and Simeuleu off Sumatra's west coast has left at least 320 people dead and 400 others missing, local media reports said Wednesday.
Nias vice regent Agus Mendrofa said 400 people in the Nias capital of Gunung Sitoli went missing, possibly buried in the rubble of their houses after a strong quake that measured 8.2 on the Richter scale according to the Indonesian meteorology and geophysics agency.
He said at least 111 bodies have been buried in three different places as of Wednesday morning.
"But we still don't know for sure the actual number of people killed or missing in the disaster," he was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying.
In Jakarta, the Ministry of Social Affairs put the death toll at 320 in Nias alone until 03:00 a.m. Wednesday. There is no immediate report of death toll in Simeuleu, but local media said Tuesday at least 100 people were killed in Simeuleu.