Rescuers are still searching for dozens of asylum seekers believed missing after their boat sank in Indonesian waters on the way to Australia.

A boat carrying would-be asylum seekers to Australia has sunk in Indonesian waters, killing at least three people including two children.

Indonesian rescue workers pulled several bodies from the rubble of a giant landslide Friday, lifting the death toll from a powerful earthquake to 63. Dozens more people were still missing, feared dead.

The death toll rose to 57 today as Indonesian rescue workers pulled bodies from village homes buried in a landslide triggered by a powerful earthquake that severely damaged more than 10,000 buildings across West Java.

The death toll from the powerful earthquake which hit Indonesia rose today, with at least 15 people were confirmed to have been killed, with many more missing or injured.