JAKARTA: Rescue groups in Indonesia were looking on Saturday (Feb 26) for six individuals actually missing after a solid seismic tremor shook Sumatra island daily before, killing something like eight individuals and harming handfuls, an authority said.

The 6.2-greatness shake hit the island's north at a profundity of 12km minutes after a less vicious quake on Friday morning, as per the United States Geological Survey (USGS), dislodging thousands.

It harmed many homes and structures including mosques, schools and banks, constraining scared occupants to empty and transport friends and family to somewhere safe and secure in impermanent safe houses.

"Right now the inquiry is progressing for six individuals we foresee have been covered overwhelmingly," said Abdul Muhari, representative of Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), in an explanation Saturday.

Something like 86 individuals were harmed in the shudder, with 10 experiencing genuine wounds, as per the BNPB.

In excess of 6,000 individuals have been cleared in Sumatra's West Pasaman and Pasaman city, where salvage laborers were utilizing weighty gear to look for survivors in the rubble of structures, the organization said.

Indonesian meteorological organization BMKG cautioned individuals to avoid slants over feelings of dread of avalanches at the pinnacle of the blustery season.

Experts in West Pasaman have pronounced a fourteen day highly sensitive situation while the inquiry and aid projects proceed.

"Individuals impacted by the shudder earnestly need canvas, tents, moment food, clean water and family supplies," Muhari said.

Pictures imparted to AFP from Pasaman city, close to the shudder's focal point, showed to some extent fell houses with blocks lying on the ground and openings in the dividers.

The town city hall leader's home additionally endured harm, with broke glass all around the floor, as per BNPB head Suharyanto, who like a huge number goes by one name.

The quakes were felt as distant as Malaysia and Singapore.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", making it experience successive tremors.

In 2004, a 9.1-extent shake struck the shore of Sumatra and set off a torrent that killed 220,000 individuals all through the locale, incorporating around 170,000 in Indonesia.