China News Agency, Jakarta, November 25 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) Suhariyanto, director of the Indonesian National Disaster Relief Agency, reported on the 25th that as of the same day, the death toll caused by the 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Zhanyu County, West Java Province has increased To 310 people, 24 people are still missing, and the search and rescue work is still continuing.
Suhariyanto said that more than 50,000 houses were damaged in the earthquake, including 363 schools, 16 offices and 3 medical institutions; more than 60,000 victims took refuge in temporary settlements.
According to relevant officials of the Indonesian Bureau of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics, as of the morning of the 25th, the Bureau has recorded 248 aftershocks, the largest of which was 4.2. The frequency of aftershocks has begun to decrease.
Aftershocks, rainfall, and landslides have caused great difficulties in rescue work.
At 13:21 local time on November 21 (14:21 Beijing time), a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in Zhanyu County, West Java Province, Indonesia, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
The earthquake caused a large number of house collapses and heavy casualties.
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