Indonesia earthquake: Over 160 dead and hundreds injured as tremor strikes island of Java

 


After an earthquake struck Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, destroying buildings and sending people scrambling for safety, more than 160 people were killed and hundreds were injured. 


Aftershocks have struck, and rescue workers have been attempting to reach survivors trapped beneath the debris. Earlier, the Disaster Mitigation Agency (B N P B) of Indonesia stated that 62 people had died and that at least 25 people were thought to be trapped beneath collapsed buildings. 


Later, Governor R ID W-A N K-A M I L of West Java said that at least 162 people had died. 


Additionally, the earthquake has caused over 13,000 people to be displaced, according to local media. 


The magnitude 5.6 earthquake was located at a depth of 10 kilometers in the C I-A N J U R region of the West Java province, according to the US Geological Survey. According to the Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics (B M K G), there is no possibility of a tsunami. 


The quake was felt strongly in Jakarta and the surrounding area, which is about 75 kilometers south of C I-A N J U R. 


The head of the city administration in C-I-A N J U R, West Java, H E R M-A N, previously informed the news channel Metro TV that approximately 700 people had been injured. 


He went on to say that one city hospital was treating "at least 300" patients. He stated, "Most have broken bones from being trapped in the building debris". 


He went on to say that relatives of the victims were gathering at the say ang hospital, and he warned that the death toll could rise because many families in the villages had not yet been evacuated and may still be trapped in the rubble


The authorities had previously reported that they had successfully rescued a mother and child trapped in a landslide in C I-A N J U R


"Dozens of people have been killed," and "hundreds, possibly even thousands of houses have been damaged," West Java, administration spokesperson told A-F P.


According to B N P B chief Suharyanto, the damaged structures included a hospital, an Islamic boarding school, and other public facilities. 


The agency stated that additional information regarding the number of casualties and damage was still being gathered. 


Some buildings in this city were nearly demolished in the footage from Metro TV, and worried residents gathered outside


High-rise buildings in J-A K A-R T-A sway north of the city. Some of the buildings were evacuated as a result. 


In the capital, there were no immediate reports of fatalities or significant damage, but people fled buildings. M A-Y A-D I-T-A, a 22-year-old legal counselor, portrayed the frenzy of representatives scrambling for the crisis exits. 


I was working when the ground shook. She stated, I could clearly feel the tremor. 


The quake was so powerful. V I-D-I, an employee in South Jakarta, stated, "My coworkers and I decided to use the emergency stairs to leave our office on the ninth floor". 


Earthquakes occur frequently throughout Indonesia's sprawling archipelago, but it is uncommon for them to be felt in J A-K A-RT-A. In C I-A N J U R, West Java, rescuers remove the wrecks of vehicles that were damaged in an earthquake-triggered landslide. 


Due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates meet, the nation is at risk. 


In February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in the province of West S U M A-T R-A left at least 25 people dead and more than 460 injured. In the province of West Sulawesi, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck in January 2021, causing more than 100 deaths and nearly 6,500 injuries.


Over 550 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that struck the neighboring island of the Lombok in 2018

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