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Indonesia earthquake topples houses in Java; death toll rises to 162

At least 162 people were killed and hundreds more injured as a 5.6 intensity earthquake
shook Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, reports said.
The quake struck Cianjur town in west Java, at a depth of 10 km, according to US
Geological Survey data.
The area where the quake struck is densely-populated and prone to landslides, with the
makeshift houses reduced to rubble in many areas, the BBC reported.
Rescuers were working into the night to try to save others thought to still be trapped under
collapsed buildings.
Regional Governor Ridwan Kamil said 162 people were killed, over 700 injured, and more
than 13,000 people displaced by the disaster, the BBC reported.
He apprehended that the numbers of injuries and fatalities were likely to increase because
there were "a lot of people" still trapped at the scene.
Earthquakes are common in Indonesia, which sits on the "ring of fire" area of tectonic
activity in the Pacific, with a 2018 quake in Sulawesi leaving over 2,000 dead.