China News Service, November 22. According to Reuters, the local government of West Java Province in Indonesia released the latest news on social media on the 22nd, saying that the death toll from the earthquake in the area has risen to 252, and 31 people are still missing. 377 people were injured and 7,060 people were displaced.
According to previous reports, on the 21st local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in West Java, Indonesia.
The epicenter of the quake was in the Zhanyu area, about 75 kilometers southeast of the capital Jakarta, at a depth of 10 kilometers, but there was no risk of a tsunami.
In the two hours after the quake, 25 aftershocks had been recorded.
According to the live broadcast of Indonesian local TV stations, houses in the epicenter area in mountainous towns are densely populated, many houses and trees collapsed, and many landslides blocked roads in the earthquake area.
The governor of West Java province said most of the victims were children.
Many of them are students in public schools. When the earthquake happened, they had finished their classes for the day and were taking supplementary lessons at school.
According to the Associated Press, the houses of more than 13,000 people were damaged in the strong earthquake and they were forced to flee from their homes.
Officials in Zhanyu area said that there are still many victims trapped in the collapsed houses. As the search and rescue work progresses, the number of casualties will increase.