More than 61,000 people have been displaced by the quake and around 2,000 injured, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Wednesday. The death toll, as of the same day, had risen to 271, and 40 people remained missing.

The calls for help came as authorities warned that debris from landslides caused by the strong earthquake needed to be cleared as rain forecast for the coming weeks threatened a second disaster, AFP reported.

Two days after the quake flattened their homes, residents were still trying to retrieve priceless belongings, including family photos, religious books and marriage certificates.

"Although some supplies have arrived, it is not enough. We got rice, instant noodles and mineral water, but it's not enough," Mustafa, a 23-year-old resident of Gasol village, told AFP.

Mustafa had just dug through the rubble of an elderly neighbor's house at her request, appearing from the destroyed facade carrying a pile of clothes before returning to collect rice, a gas stove, canisters and frying pans.

In Talaga village, some residents put signs on the windows of damaged houses and the front of tents that read, "We need help!"

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