50 people were killed and more than 100 were injured
2022.11.21 06:45
50 people were killed and more than 100 were injured
Budrigannews.com – On Monday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds in Indonesia in West Java, where rescuers were trying to reach those who were trapped in the forest under the rubble due to a second tremor.
The governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, confirmed 56 deaths in the earthquake, the epicenter of which was in the city of Chianjur (Chianjur), located about 75 km 45 kilometers south of Jakarta.
The National Emergency Agency BNPB, whose data was published on Monday by local officials, reported that up to 700 people were injured in the incident on the ground, and more than 300 people died as a result of the destruction or destruction of houses.
Herman Sukherman, a government official from Chianjur, said there was no electricity in the area, which provoked a disruption of communications and added that people could not evacuate in Kugenanga because landslides blocked access.
As footage from the Metro TV news channel showed, hundreds of victims are receiving medical care at one outpatient clinic, and part of the buildings of Chianjura has almost completely collapsed because the concerned settlement has collided from the side.
Other channels showed victims connected to intravenous surgery and treated on the streets.
Currently, officials are working on the full damage caused by the earthquake that occurred on Monday on the land of Chianjura to a depth of 10 km, according to the Weather and Geophysical Policy Agency BMKG.
When the earthquake occurred, Muchlis said that he felt a “strong shaking”, and the walls and ceiling of the office were damaged.
“I was very shocked. I was worried that another earthquake would happen,” Muchlis said during an interview with Metro TV, adding that people ran out of their houses, someone fainted in response, and vomited them.
After the earthquake, 25 repeated jerks occurred less than two hours later, the BMKG reports, adding that there are concerns about a possible new landslide in the event of heavy rain.
Some people in Jakarta evacuated their offices in the central business district, others said they could feel buildings shaking and see furniture moving, Reuters reported.
Indonesia is located on the border with the so-called Pacific Fire Zone, a zone of high seismic activity, where different plates of the Earth’s crust meet and major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
In 2004, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 on the island of Sumatra in northern Indonesia produced a tsunami that brought down 14 countries and killed 226 thousand people along the coast of Indonesia, more than half of whom are in the Indonesian Republic.
