Rescue teams hunt for victims buried nether collapsed buildings; officials accidental decease toll from the 5.6-magnitude quake could rise
By
Dave Sebastian and Fadiyah Alaidrus
Updated Nov. 21, 2022 3:37 p.m. ET
An earthquake struck the Indonesian land of Java connected Monday, leaving astatine slightest 162 radical dead, hundreds injured and thousands of homes damaged, a elder authoritative said.
The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was centered successful the Cianjur country successful West Java astatine a shallow extent of 6.2 miles, according to Indonesia’s meteorological agency. The temblor didn’t person the imaginable to make a tsunami, the bureau said.