Photo taken with mobile phone shows members of the search and rescue team searching for victims near a damaged mosque after a revised 6.1 magnitude quake at Pasaman Barat district in West Sumatra, Indonesia, Feb. 25, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)

Rescuers have found nine bodies under the rubbles and are trying to find other five people believed to be buried under the debris of houses after a 6.1-magnitude quake destroyed thousands of buildings in Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Friday, an official said Saturday.

Octavianto, head of the Operation Unit of the Search and Rescue Office of West Sumatra province, said that all the nine bodies were found in Pasaman and Pasaman Barat districts, which are the hardest hit by the earthquake.

"The focus of our efforts on Saturday is to find the other five people reported missing in Malampah village, Pasaman district," he told Xinhua by phone.

The quake triggered landslides in an area of 17 square kilometers in Tigo Nagari sub-district, destroyed soil and buried houses, Octavianto said.

As many as 50 rescuers with heavy machinery are searching for the missing persons in the scene now, Octavianto added.

Telecommunications and electricity facilities have returned to normal after being cut off and blackout occurred on Friday, according to him.

Jumaidi, head of the Operation Unit of the Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency of West Sumatra province, told Xinhua by phone that thousands of affected-people took shelters at dozens of evacuation centers, and set up tents outside their damaged houses in Pasaman and Pasaman Barat districts.

Xinhua