CIANJUR , Indonesia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than a day after a major earthquake jolted Indonesia 's Java Island , killing at least 57 people , there is still no word from remote villages along the coast , a relief worker told CNN Thursday . Soldiers try to dig out the body of a victim buried by a landslide caused by the earthquake . `` This earthquake has injured hundreds of people and -LRB- destroyed or damaged -RRB- thousands of houses , '' World Vision 's Katarina Hardono said . `` We worry that the number can be easily more because in many places , actually the coastal areas , we still -LRB- have n't gotten -RRB- any news . '' Rescuers are still searching for dozens of people feared trapped in a quake-triggered landslide in Cianjur in West Java . They pulled several bodies from the rubble Thursday bringing the death toll from the quake to 57 . `` The death count has been thankfully low , but we have to remember that tens of thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed and children and adults are urgently in need of relief items , '' said Hardono , who spoke to CNN from the Indonesian capital , Jakarta . Rainfall Thursday hampered the rescue efforts in Cianjur , where the landslide buried at least 11 homes where 32 people live , local officials said . Watch description of the evacuation after the quake hit '' Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited Cianjur , and vowed to free up nearly $ 500,000 -LRB- 5 billion rupiahs -RRB- for emergency response efforts , according to the state-run Antara news agency . He said there was no need for foreign assistance just yet . `` Until now the Indonesian government is still able to handle it by itself using existing national resources , '' he said , according to Antara . Rescuers in Cianjur used their hands and rudimentary tools to try to pry away the rocks , some that were bigger than cars . No heavy machinery could be brought in to help in the rescue effort because many roads in the area were blocked . The 7.0-magnitude temblor jolted the island on Wednesday shortly before 3 p.m. local time -LRB- 4 a.m. ET -RRB- . More than 400 people were injured . Watch how buildings swayed during quake '' The temblor rocked high-rise buildings in Jakarta , prompting a mass evacuation in the capital 's central business district . iReport.com : Swimming pool shakes during quake `` I was on the 13th floor of our office building , and you know we could feel the building -LRB- shake -RRB- from left to right , '' said CNN 's Andy Saputra . `` We all ran to the fire escape and escaped from there . '' Indonesia is no stranger to major earthquakes . It is located on the `` Ring of Fire , '' an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions . In 2004 , an earthquake measuring at least 9.0 in magnitude struck off the coast of the northern tip of Indonesia 's Sumatra island , triggering a major tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 200,000 people in 11 countries . About three weeks ago , a series of earthquakes -- ranging in magnitude from 4.7 to 6.7 -- struck off the western coast of Sumatra . At least seven people were injured and one building collapsed . CNN Radio 's Chris Chandler contributed to this report .