{"id":12218,"date":"2022-11-21T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=12218"},"modified":"2022-11-21T12:17:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:17:10","slug":"at-least-46-dead-700-injured-in-indonesia-quake-local-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/at-least-46-dead-700-injured-in-indonesia-quake-local-official\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 46 dead, 700 injured in Indonesia quake: local official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least 46 dead, 700 injured in Indonesia quake: local official. At least 46 people have been killed and 700 injured in an earthquake that rattled Indonesia&#8217;s main island of Java on Monday, a local official from the town worst hit by the tremor told local media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The latest data, 46 people were killed. Victims kept coming from many areas. Around 700 people were injured,&#8221; Herman Suherman, the head of the administration in Cianjur town in West Java, told broadcaster Kompas TV.<\/p>\n<p>The quake was centred in the Cianjur region of West Java, according to the United States Geological Survey, and was felt as far away as the capital of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jakarta\">Jakarta,<\/a> where panicked residents ran into the streets.<\/p>\n<p>He said as many as thousands of houses could have been damaged in the quake.<\/p>\n<p>The local administration chief in the town worst hit by the tremor said most of the deaths were counted in one hospital alone, without providing a specific figure, with many others in surrounding villages still to be evacuated.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/six-dead-after-powerful-earthquake-hits-nepal-rattles-new-delhi.html\">Six dead after powerful earthquake hits Nepal, rattles New Delhi<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of them had fractures from being trapped by the ruins of buildings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#earthquake<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cianjur?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cianjur<\/a> of Indonesia.<br \/>5.6 magnitude  Earthquake  left 30 dead and over 300 injured. Heartbreaking  and Devestating visuals from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Indonesia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Indonesia<\/a> <br \/>Pray for Cianjur people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kb9NMGe07o\">pic.twitter.com\/kb9NMGe07o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shiba Khan (@ShibaKh48733268) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShibaKh48733268\/status\/1594626419031932928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shops, a hospital and an Islamic boarding school in the town were severely damaged by the quake, according to local media.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcasters showed several buildings in Cianjur with their roofs collapsed and debris lining the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Suherman said relatives of victims had congregated at the town&#8217;s Sayang hospital and warned the death toll could rise as villagers outside of the town may still be trapped.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/UsmanHa55an\/status\/1594664064487198721?s=20&#038;t=Ze2T-Y_YT60h9x2rMT4fzw<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are many families in villages that have not been evacuated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jakarta rattled<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s meteorological agency warned residents near the quake to watch out for more tremors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We call on people to stay outside the buildings for now as there might be potential aftershocks,&#8221; the head of Indonesia&#8217;s meteorological agency, Dwikorita Karnawati, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The USGS had earlier reported the quake&#8217;s magnitude as 5.4.<\/p>\n<p>There were no reports of casualties or major damage in Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Mayadita Waluyo, a 22-year-old lawyer, described how panicked workers ran for the exits of their building in Jakarta as the quake struck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel a bit dizzy now and my legs are also a bit cramped because I had to walk downstairs from the 14th floor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people were waiting outdoors after the quake, including some wearing hard hats to protect from falling debris, an AFP reporter there said.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific &#8220;Ring of Fire&#8221;, where tectonic plates collide.<\/p>\n<p>A 6.2-magnitude quake that shook Sulawesi island in January last year killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 46 dead, 700 injured in Indonesia quake: local official. At least 46 people have been killed and 700 injured in an earthquake that rattled Indonesia&#8217;s main island of Java on Monday, a local official from the town worst hit by the tremor told local media. &#8220;The latest data, 46 people were killed. 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