At least 56 people have died from earthquake magnitude 5.6, which occurred today in the province of West Java in Indonesia.
At the same time, 700 people were affected by the earthquake, which lasted for a long time and was also felt in the capital Jakarta.
“Most of the injured suffered fractures because they were inside collapsed buildings,” said a government official from Sianjur, the West Java city where the epicenter was located.
Officials say the death toll could rise as civilians could still be trapped under rubble.
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MetroTV broadcast footage of hundreds of wounded being treated in the hospital’s parking lot.
Commercial shops, a hospital and an Islamic boarding school in the city were heavily damaged by the earthquake, according to local press reports.
The media released photos of several buildings in Sianjur, where the earthquake occurred at the epicenter, with roofs collapsing.
According to the Indonesian meteorological and geophysical agency BMKG, the epicenter of the tremors is on the ground in Xiangzhur, West Java.
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The earthquake was 10 kilometers deep, according to the same source, who added that there was no possibility of a tsunami.
Some people evacuated their offices in Jakarta’s CBD, while others reported feeling buildings shaking and seeing furniture being moved.
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“We are asking people to stay away from buildings for now as aftershocks are possible,” Dwikorita Karnavati, director of the Indonesian meteorological agency, told reporters.
According to Reuters
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