Rescuers in Indonesia are working a second night to find survivors trapped in the aftermath of an earthquake in West Java.
Authorities put the death toll at 268, many children, with 151 still missing and more than 1,000 injured.
Damaged roads and the vastness of the affected area make it difficult to locate and assist victims.
Aprizal Mulyadi was at school when the earthquake hit and was trapped after “the room collapsed”.
The 14-year-old said his “legs were buried in the rubble” but was brought to safety by his friend Zulfikar, who later died after becoming trapped.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said 22,000 homes had been damaged, and more than 58,000 people had taken refuge in several regional locations.
The 5.6-magnitude quake struck a mountainous region on Monday, triggering landslides that buried entire villages near the town of Cianjur in West Java.
Victims were crushed or trapped after walls and roofs collapsed. “It all happened so fast,” Aprizal told AFP news agency.
A National Search and Rescue Agency representative also confirmed that many of the dead were young people.
“Most of the victims are children because, at 1 p.m., they were still at school,” said Henri Alfiandi.
The earthquake, which struck at a shallow depth of 10km (six miles), was followed by dozens of aftershocks which caused more damage as poorly built homes collapsed.
In the village of Cibereum, a family was trying to retrieve the body of their eldest son – a 28-year-old man who had been crushed when the other levels of the home fell on him.
Rescuers struggled to sift the rubble.
“We must dig through the second floor’s concrete that crushed the victim. But we have seen the body,” a military official, Sergeant Payakun, told the BBC.
Cucu, a 48-year-old resident, told the Reuters news agency that she survived after being crushed beneath a child.
“Two of my kids survived, I dug them up … Two others I brought here, and one is still missing,” she said through tears.
“Many bodies are lying on the hospital grounds; it’s very crowded,” said her relative, Hesti.
In one area, victims held cardboard signs asking for food and shelter.