Today’s earthquake: 56 dead and 300 injured in the Indonesia earthquake

At least 56 people have been killed and 300 others injured after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted the main Indonesian island of Java on Monday. The epicenter was located near the town of Cianjur in West Java. It was reported that the buildings were damaged after a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java. The quake caused high seas as far away as the capital, Jakarta.

“The information I have now, in this hospital alone…at least 300 people are being treated. Most of them have fractures due to the rubble of buildings,” Hermann Suhrmann, head of the Cianjur administration, told Metro TV.

Some television broadcasting stations showed a number of buildings in Cianjur with collapsed roofs. The country’s meteorological agency warned residents near the quake to watch out for more tremors as a 5.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the country, killing at least 56 people. The number of casualties is expected to rise.

“We call on people to stay outside buildings for the time being as there may be possible aftershocks,” the head of the Indonesian Meteorological Agency, Dwikorita Karnawati, told reporters.

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS: “GET STRONGER”

Mayadita Walyo, a 22-year-old lawyer, recounted how panicked workers in her building in Jakarta ran towards the exits when the earthquake hit the country. “I was working when the ground beneath me was shaking. I could clearly feel the earthquake. I tried not to do anything to process what it was, but it got stronger and it lasted for a while,” she said.

“I’m feeling a little dizzy now and my legs are a bit tight because I had to walk downstairs from the 14th floor,” she said.

After the earthquake, hundreds waited outdoors including some in hard hats for protection from falling debris.

Indonesia: Boiling Pot of Earthquakes

One might ask why Indonesia is prone to frequent earthquakes? Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its location on the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire,” where tectonic plates collide.

In January 2021, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake on the island of Sulawesi killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless.

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