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Indonesia quake kills 162─── 05:47 Tue, 22 Nov 2022
A 5.6-magnitude shallow earthquake has resulted in at least 162 fatalities in Indonesia.
Doctors treated patients outdoors after the quake, which was felt as far away as the capital Jakarta, left hospitals in the West Java town of Cianjur without power for several hours.
"I regret to inform you that 162 are dead. 326 are injured, with most of them sustaining fractures from being crushed in ruins," the governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, told a press conference in a video seen by AFP. He said most of the victims were children.
Adam, spokesman for the local administration in Cianjur town, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, confirmed the toll to AFP.
Indonesia's national disaster mitigation agency, BNPB, still lists the toll at 62. Due to miscounting, officials offered wildly fluctuating death tolls after an Indonesian stadium disaster last month.
The BNPB said 25 people remained trapped under the rubble as the rescue mission stretched into the night.
The agency said more than 2000 houses were damaged and Kamil said more than 13 000 people were taken to evacuation centres.
