A 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed more than 60 people and injured hundreds in Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, with rescuers trying to reach survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks.
Electricity was down and disrupting communications efforts, Herman Suherman, head of Cianjur's government, said, adding that a landslide was blocking evacuations in one area.
Officials were still working to determine the full extent of the damage caused by the quake, which struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10 km, according to the weather and geophysics agency . "The walls and wardrobe just fell... Everything was flattened, I don't even know the whereabouts of my mother and father," she said.
In Jakarta, some people evacuated offices in the central business district, while others reported buildings shaking and furniture moving, Reuters witnesses said.
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