The death toll from Indonesia’s massive earthquake rises to 162
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The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Indonesia rose to 162 on Monday.
The earthquake hit Indonesia’s main island, Java, and destroyed dozens of buildings. First responders set up mobile clinics to treat the unemployed while others searched the rubble for survivors. National Disaster Mitigation Agency chief Suharyanto said up to 700 people were injured in the disaster.
The agency said an Islamic boarding school, a hospital and other public facilities were among the dozens of damaged buildings.
Indonesia is a frequent victim of strong earthquakes and tsunamis. A magnitude 6.2 earthquake in February killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in West Sumatra province. In January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed more than 100 people and injured nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.
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Injured survivors of an earthquake are being treated in the courtyard of a hospital in Cianjur on November 21, 2022. (TIMUR MATAHARI/AFP via Getty Images)
Another powerful Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami killed nearly 230,000 people in a dozen countries in 2004. Most of those people were in Indonesia.
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“The buildings were completely flattened,” Dwi Sarmadi, an employee at the boarding school, told The Associated Press. “I was working inside my office building. The building was not damaged, but because the earthquake shook so hard, a lot of things fell down. My leg was hit by heavy things.”
Several buildings collapsed due to an earthquake in the area of Nyalindung Village, Cuguenang Subdistrict, Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia on Monday, November 21, 2022. The magnitude 5.6 earthquake killed 162 people and hundreds injured. (Photo by Eko Siswono Toyudho/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
“I really hope they can handle me soon,” he added of nearby medical officials.
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Casualty figures are not final, as many of the injured sustained critical injuries.
Landon Mion of Fox News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
