An earthquake shook Indonesia’s main Java Island Monday afternoon, killing at least 46, nbcnews.com reported quoting local officials.
“There are 46 dead people at the Cianjur regional hospital and around 700 injured people. Many were hurt because they were hit by collapsed buildings,” nbcnews.com reported quoting National Disaster Mitigation Agency chief Suharyanto.
The U.S. Geological Survey said a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck West Java in Indonesia at 1:21 p.m. local time (1:21 a.m. ET). It was centred in the Cianjur region at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) — about 47 miles southeast of the capital city of Jakarta.
Hundreds of homes were damaged, including a boarding school, a hospital, and several government buildings, Suharyanto told reporters. Several landslides were also reported around the epicentre.
