Anxious expectant faces, waiting for news outside what was the village of Petobo. But these people are expecting the worst. What had been a village of a thousand has now almost completely disappeared. Friday's earthquake triggered a rare geological event, known as liquefaction. The earth literally turned to liquid as mud swallowed up the village and all inside. White flags mark places where bodies are thought to be or where there might be signs of life. But the work is taking place mainly by hand, specialist equipment they need has been slow to arrive. And this isn't just removing rubble, in the heat, the mud has set like concrete.

TONY CHENG PETOBO VILLAGE, SULAWESI "One of the biggest challenges for the search and rescue teams is this mud, that is five meters in depth in some places, and literally came bubbling out of the ground like a volcanic eruption, swallowing the whole village. But amazingly, 6 days after this happened, they're still looking for survivors."

So far the rescue teams have found five survivors and 22 bodies. But still, this morning, hope some might be alive.

"We're still digging", Chandra told me, because our searches indicate there are still signs of life.

As we spoke to the locals about the sea of mud that engulfed them, Nasuha approached to tell us her story. Her daughter, Nina, 19, a law student was living in Petobo. She'd ridden from her home 700 kilometers away by motorbike when she heard what happened, just to see her daughter one last time. She's already faced the worst."

"I have to be strong, I am strong", she says. "I rode all the way here because I had to find my daughter". And she, like most of those waiting, know that all that's coming is tears. Tony Cheng CGTN, Petobo Village, Sulawesi.