BREAKING: At least 46 people killed and 700 injured as an earthquake hits Indonesia's Java Island, local officials say.
“There are 46 dead people at the Cianjur regional hospital and around 700 injured people. Many were hurt because they were hit by collapsed buildings,” National Disaster Mitigation Agency chief Suharyanto said.said a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck West Java in Indonesia at 1:21 p.m. local time . It was centered in the Cianjur region at a depth of 10 km — about 47 miles southeast of the capital city of Jakarta.
Hundreds of homes were damaged, including a boarding school, a hospital and several government buildings, Suharyanto told reporters. Several landslides were also reported around the epicenter.Information was still being collected about the extent of casualties and damage, the disaster agency said in a. Injured residents were rushed to the hospital and were also seen receiving medical treatment in parking lots, according to initial photographs from the region.
The quake was felt strongly in the greater Jakarta area. Skyscrapers in the capital swayed and some were evacuated.
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