New Zealanders in Indonesia appear to have escaped the devastation of the Indonesian earthquake, as the death toll there rises above 1100.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was aware of about 30 New Zealanders and their dependants living in the area severely damaged by the quake.
There were no reports of any being affected, a spokeswoman said.
Embassy staff were working to contact and confirm all 30 were accounted for but communication in the area was difficult, she said.
The death toll from the earthquake has risen to at least 1100 and was likely to worsen, UN humanitarian chief John Holmes said.
"Obviously (there are) many hundreds of injured people as well and again these numbers I fear will rise as more information becomes available."
The 7.6-magnitude quake toppled buildings and led to fires in Padang, home to nearly a million people on the coast of Sumatra, leaving the city largely without power and communications.
Indonesian authorities earlier said the death toll hit at least 770 with 294 people seriously injured, but those numbers were expected to soar as the full scale of the tragedy unfolds. Many districts remain inaccessible to emergency services.
