At least 162 people have been killed following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday at 1:21 p.m. local time, according to local officials.
people displaced. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake occurred at a depth of only six miles , making it more devastating.Local television footage showed scenes of chaos as crowds of injured people, some bandaged and bleeding, rushed to hospitals and clinics for treatment. Some were transported in ambulances, but others, including young children, were brought in on motorcycles or carried in by relatives, witnesses said.
Ricky Susan, a local journalist in Cianjur, said he was having coffee at the military barracks when the quake struck. By the time he’d fled outside, the building behind him was still shaking violently, and across the barracks, a minimart had been destroyed.“I saw a group of the minimarket employees standing outside the ruins, and they were all crying,” he said. “They told me that one of them didn’t make it out and was buried in the rubble.
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