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Deadly earthquake rocks Indonesia, 44 dead, many injured

Adamu Abubakar
By Adamu Abubakar
Published: November 21, 2022
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No fewer than 44 people have been killed while hundreds were injured as a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit an island of Java, Indonesia on Monday.

According to NDTV, thousands of buildings have been destroyed by the landslide.

The quake was centred in the Cianjur region of West Java but felt as far away as the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, according to the United States Geological Survey.

“There have been dozens of people killed. So far, 44 people have died,” said Adam, a spokesman for the local administration in Cianjur town.

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He said as many as thousands of houses could have been damaged in the quake.

Herman Suherman, the local administration chief in the town worst hit by the tremor said most of the deaths were counted in one hospital alone.

He said there are other casualties without a specific figure in surrounding villages.

“The information I got for now, in this hospital alone, nearly 20 died and at least 300 people are being treated,” Suherman said.

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“Most of them had fractures from being trapped by the ruins of buildings.”

Local media said a hospital, an Islamic boarding school and shops in the town were severely damaged by the quake.

Broadcasted showed several buildings in Cianjur with their roofs collapsed and debris lining the streets.

Suherman said relatives of victims had congregated at the town’s Sayang hospital and warned the death count could rise as villagers outside of the town may still be trapped.

“We are currently handling people who are in an emergency state in this hospital. The ambulances keep on coming from the villages to the hospital,” he said.

“There are many families in villages that have not been evacuated.”

The country’s disaster chief Suharyanto, who also goes by one name, said at least 14 people had died in the Cianjur area but said information was “still developing”.

Cianjur police chief Doni Hermawan told Metro TV authorities had rescued a woman and a baby from a landslide but a third person they found had died of their injuries.

In Jakarta, the capital, the country’s meteorological agency warned residents near the quake to watch out for more tremors.

“We call on people to stay outside the buildings for now as there might be potential aftershocks,” the head of Indonesia’s meteorological agency, Dwikorita Karnawati said.

However, there were no reports of casualties or major damage in Jakarta.

Mayadita Waluyo, a 22-year-old lawyer, described how panicked workers ran for the exits of their building in Jakarta as the quake struck.

“I was working when the floor under me was shaking. I could feel the tremor clearly. I tried to do nothing to process what it was but it became even stronger and lasted for some time,” she said.

“I feel a bit dizzy now and my legs are also a bit cramped because I had to walk downstairs from the 14th floor.”

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