Indonesia earthquake: ’46 dead and 700 injured’ as 5.6 tremor strikes main island of Java
Jakarta, The Gulf Observer: A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia’s main island Java, killing at least 46 people and injuring 700, local officials have said, with buildings damaged and a landslide triggered.”The latest data, 46 people were killed. Victims kept coming from many areas.
Around 700 people were injured,” Herman Suherman, the head of the administration in Cianjur town in West Java, told broadcaster Kompas TV on Monday.The country’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency said that dozens of buildings were damaged, including an Islamic boarding school, a hospital and other public facilities.
Information was still being collected about the extent of casualties and damage, it said in a statement.
The quake was felt strongly in the greater Jakarta area. High rises in the capital swayed and some were evacuated.
“The quake felt so strong. My colleagues and I decided to get out of our office on the ninth floor using the emergency stairs,” said Vidi Primadhania, an employee in South Jakarta.
