At least 162 people have been killed, and hundreds others injured, after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s main island of Java on Monday.
The temblor was centered about 18 kilometers (11 miles) west of Ciranjang-Hilir at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey, triggering a relatively strong quake near the town of Cianjur in West Java.
The death toll has risen to 162 people, with 326 others injured as a result of the earthquake, West Java governor Ridwan Kamil said in an Instagram post late Monday. He said that at least 2,345 homes were severely damaged.
Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) initially reported 62 fatalities, and that rescue efforts are still ongoing as 25 people were trapped under collapsed buildings….