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Indonesia: Death toll from 5.6 earthquake rises to 268

Most of the earthquake victims were crushed to death. | Font: AFP or licensors | Photographer: ADITYA AJI

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Indonesian authorities estimated this Tuesday at 268 people. dead and more than 1000 victims of earthquake magnitude 5.6, which shocked the day before indonesian island from java.

According to the latest report from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Indonesia268 dead, 1,083 injured and 151 missing have been confirmed as a result of an earthquake recorded at 13:21 local time (6:21 GMT) on Monday at a depth of 10 kilometers near the city of Chanjur.

Most of victims from seismicwhich occurred 75 kilometers from Jakarta, died as a result of the collapse of buildings, specify the authorities.

The Governor of West Java further reported that many victims These are children who at that time studied at the Koranic school.

In terms of damage to infrastructure, authorities said on Tuesday that 22,000 homes had been destroyed and more than 58,000 people had been displaced.

earthquake force 5.6 shocked the province of West Java, the most populous Indonesia with almost 50 million inhabitants, and until Tuesday morning, 118 aftershocks of magnitude 1.5 to 4.2 were recorded.

Indonesian situation

earthquakes They are frequent in the Asian country, located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of ​​high seismic and volcanic activity, in which about 7,000 earthquakes are recorded annually, most of which are moderate.

One of the deadliest disasters in Indonesia dates back to 2004 when strong earthquake in northern Sumatra, it triggered a tsunami that killed more than 226,000 people in a dozen Indian Ocean countries.

EFE


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