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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8284139.stm

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has hit Sumatra, a day after another powerful quake devastated much of the Indonesian island.

Officials now say at least 200 bodies have been found from the earlier 7.6 magnitude quake, which triggered landslides and cut power lines.

Hundreds of buildings, including hospitals, collapsed in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province.

Rescue workers said the number of dead is expected to rise significantly.

Thousands of people are thought to be buried under rubble.

"Our prediction is that thousands have died," said Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry's disaster centre in Jakarta.

He said a city hospital was among the ruined buildings.

A doctor working in Padang told the BBC that large numbers of people could be trapped under fallen buildings.

Earthquake victims receive medical treatment

In pictures: Sumatra earthquake

"There's quite a few people that have died. At first I was thinking it was going to be in the hundreds but it's going to be in the thousands of people that have been crushed or trapped," he said.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has hit Sumatra, a day after another powerful quake devastated much of the Indonesian island.

Officials now say at least 200 bodies have been found from the earlier 7.6 magnitude quake, which triggered landslides and cut power lines.

Hundreds of buildings, including hospitals, collapsed in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province.

Rescue workers said the number of dead is expected to rise significantly.

Thousands of people are thought to be buried under rubble.

"Our prediction is that thousands have died," said Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry's disaster centre in Jakarta.

He said a city hospital was among the ruined buildings.

A doctor working in Padang told the BBC that large numbers of people could be trapped under fallen buildings.

Earthquake victims receive medical treatment

In pictures: Sumatra earthquake

"There's quite a few people that have died. At first I was thinking it was going to be in the hundreds but it's going to be in the thousands of people that have been crushed or trapped," he said.

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