Chinanews.com, November 21, comprehensive report, on the 21st local time, according to Indonesian officials, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Java Island, Indonesia, killing about 20 people and injuring about 300.
According to Reuters, Herman Suherman, the head of the government of Sianyo County in Java Province, said in an interview, "There are four hospitals in Sianyo County, and as far as I know, only one hospital. Nearly 20 people died, and more than 300 people are receiving treatment." He added that the death toll from the quake could rise.
According to the Indonesian Bureau of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), the earthquake occurred in Sianyo County, about 75 kilometers southeast of the capital Jakarta, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. Within two hours after the earthquake, a total of 25 people were recorded. Aftershocks.
In addition, the bureau added that there was no possibility of the earthquake triggering a tsunami.
Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said in a statement that several local houses and an Islamic boarding school were damaged by the earthquake, and officials were still assessing the damage.
Footage captured by Indonesia's Metro TV showed people staying outside in Sianyo district, with some buildings reduced to ruins.
Muchlis, a man who was in Sianyo County at the time of the quake, said he felt "severe shaking" and damaged the ceiling and walls of his office building.
"I was very shocked and worried about the earthquake. Many people ran out of their houses to seek refuge, and some even suffered from dizziness and vomiting," Muchilis said in an interview with Metropolitan Indonesia.
In addition, eyewitnesses said that in the central business district of Jakarta, some people ran out of office buildings when the earthquake occurred, and some people said they felt buildings shaking and furniture moving.