প্রকাশ: 21/11/2022
More than a dozen
people were killed in a 5.6-magnitude quake that rattled Indonesia's West Java
province on Monday, a local official said.
Herman Suherman, a government official from Cianjur, the
town in West Java where the epicentre of the quake was located, told news
channel MetroTV that up to 20 people had died at one hospital in the area.
The epicentre was on land in Cianjur in West Java, about 75
km southeast of Jakarta, and at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), BMKG said, adding
there was no potential for a tsunami.
Some people evacuated offices in the central business
district of Jakarta, while others reported feeling buildings shake and seeing
furniture move, Reuters witnesses said.
Muchlis, who was in Cianjur when the quake hit, said he felt
"a huge tremor" and the walls and ceiling of his office building were
damaged.
"I was very shocked. I worried there will be another
quake," Muchlis told the Metro TV news channel, adding that people ran out
of their houses, some fainting and vomiting because of the strong tremors.
BMKG chief Dwikorita Karnawati, speaking to reporters at
parliamentary building, advised people to stay outdoors in case of aftershocks.
Suko Prayitno Adi of the BMKG said authorities were checking
the extent of the damage caused by the quake.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the
earthquake at a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale.
– Reuters
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