Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 268 with 151 missing and more than 1,000 injured, authorities say
Rescuers were digging through debris on Tuesday to find survivors of a powerful earthquake that toppled homes and buildings in a highly populated area of Indonesia’s West Java province, killing at least 268 people. A further 151 people remain missing and more than 1,000 were injured, the country’s National Agency for Disaster Management said. The 5.6-magnitude quake hit the Cianjur region in West Java about 1:21 p.m.
” Herman Suherman, a government official in Cianjur, told media that some residents were trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. News channel Metro TV showed what appeared to be hundreds of victims being treated in a hospital parking lot. Television footage showed residents huddled outside buildings almost entirely reduced to rubble, according to Reuters.
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