The earthquake damaged dozens of buildings, including an Islamic boarding school, a hospital and other facilities.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook the Indonesian island of Java. At least 46 people died, 700 others were injured, the Associated Press reported on Monday, November 21.
“Currently, there are 46 dead and about 700 injured in Chianjura Regional Hospital. Many of them were injured due to collapsed buildings,” said Suharyanto, head of Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
As a result of the earthquake, which originated near the city of Chianjur, dozens of buildings were damaged, including an Islamic boarding school, a hospital and other government facilities. The number of victims may increase.
The agency wrote that aftershocks occur frequently in Indonesia, but are rarely felt in the country’s capital city of Jakarta. This time, multi-storey buildings in the capital swayed, evacuating some residents.
Remember, on November 18, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 was recorded off the coast of the western part of Indonesia. No casualties were reported at the time.
Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck off the coast of central Italy. The epicenter of the tremors was located 61 km east of the city of Rimini.
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