DISASTER Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 leaves at least 46 dead in Indonesia

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 leaves at least 46 dead in Indonesia​


By Masrur Jamaluddin and Reuters​

Updated 6:23 AM EST, Mon November 21, 2022​

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At least 46 people have died after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, according to the country’s National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB).

A further 700 were left injured, according to Major General Suharyanto, head of the BNPB.

The quake hit the Cianjur region in West Java province at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Four schools and 52 houses collapsed or were badly damaged, according the BNPB local office in the Cianjur region. A mosque and a hospital were also damaged, according to the office.

The BNPB said there is no risk of a tsunami, Reuters reported.


People gather outside buildings in the business district of Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, amid fears of aftershocks.
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Herman Suherman, a government official in Cianjur, told media that some residents were trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. News channel Metro TV showed what appeared to be hundreds of victims being treated in a hospital parking lot.

It said that an Islamic boarding school was also damaged, while communications had been disrupted due to power outages.

TV footage showed residents huddled outside buildings almost entirely reduced to rubble, according to Reuters.

One, named only as Muchlis, said he felt “a huge tremor” and the walls and ceiling of his office were damaged.

“I was very shocked. I worried there would be another quake,” Muchlis told Metro TV.


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The BMKG said warned of a danger of landslides, particularly in the event of heavy rain, as 25 aftershocks were recorded in the two hours after the quake.

Indonesia sits on the “Ring of Fire,” a band around the Pacific Ocean that sets off frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity. One of the most seismically active zones on the planet, it stretches from Japan and Indonesia on one side of the Pacific all the way across to California and South America on the other.

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off Sumatra island in northern Indonesia triggered a tsunami that struck 14 countries, killing 226,000 people along the Indian Ocean coastline, more than half of them in Indonesia.
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At least 46 people have died after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, according to the country's National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB).
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Not so large on the rector scale bit obviously serious in terms of deaths and damage - It isn't always how powerful the quake is, but also where it hits and the types of buildings people have.
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Indonesia earthquake: At least 162 people killed after 5.6 magnitude quake in West Java

Many people were hurt because they were hit by rubble from collapsed buildings, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, with some residents trapped.
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Indonesia earthquake: At least 56 people killed after 5.6 magnitude quake in West Java
Monday 21 November 2022 11:26, UK

Indonesia earthquake aftermath0:57

At least 56 people have been killed following an earthquake in Indonesia, West Java governor Ridwan Kamil confirmed.

Around 700 people have also been injured in the 5.6 magnitude quake.

Herman Suherman, a district official from Cianjur, told Kompas TV, evacuation efforts were being hampered by landslides in some places.

A hospital worker carries an earthquake victim on a gurney outside a hospital in Cianjur, West Indonesia, Indonesia
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A hospital worker carries an earthquake victim on a stretcher outside a hospital. Pic: AP
Many people were hurt because they were hit by collapsed buildings, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, with some residents trapped in the rubble.

The earthquake hit the Cianjur region in West Java province at a depth of 6.2 miles, according to the US Geological Survey.

Electricity in the area was down, disrupting communications.

Several landslides were reported around Cianjur and dozens of buildings were damaged, including an Islamic boarding school, a hospital and other public facilities.
 
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Whoops this a dupe, mods please close or combine with other existing threads - sorry about that.
 
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake leaves at least 162 dead in Indonesia​

The quake hit the Cianjur region in West Java province at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

By Masrur Jamaluddin,
Published Nov. 21, 2022 7:28 AM CST | Updated Nov. 21, 2022 12:23 PM CST
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(CNN) -- The number of people killed by a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia's West Java province has risen to 162, according to its governor.

Some 326 people have also been injured, with varying degrees of severity, West Java Gov. Ridwan Kamil said at a news conference.

The quake hit the Cianjur region in West Java on Monday at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The earthquake has displaced 13,782 people -- all of whom will be accommodated across 14 refugee camp sites. At least 2,345 homes have been damaged.

Four schools and 52 houses collapsed or were badly damaged, according to the local office of the National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB). A mosque and a hospital were also damaged, according to the agency.

The BNPB said there is no risk of a tsunami, Reuters reported.

Herman Suherman, a government official in Cianjur, told media that some residents were trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. News channel Metro TV showed what appeared to be hundreds of victims being treated in a hospital parking lot.

It said that an Islamic boarding school was also damaged, while communications had been disrupted due to power outages.

TV footage showed residents huddled outside buildings almost entirely reduced to rubble, according to Reuters.

One, named only as Muchlis, said he felt "a huge tremor" and the walls and ceiling of his office were damaged.

"I was very shocked. I worried there would be another quake," Muchlis told Metro TV.

The BMKG said warned of a danger of landslides, particularly in the event of heavy rain, as 25 aftershocks were recorded in the two hours after the quake.

Speaking at an earlier news conference, Gov. Kamil said the death toll is likely to rise further.

"There are still many residents trapped at the incident sites, we assume that the injured and dead victims will continue to increase over time," Kamil said earlier on Monday.

Rescuers are currently unable to reach some of those trapped, he said, adding that the situation remains chaotic with the possibility of further aftershocks to come.

The government authorities are currently building tents and shelters for the victims while attending to their basic needs, Kamil added.

Indonesia sits on the "Ring of Fire," a band around the Pacific Ocean that sets off frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity. One of the most seismically active zones on the planet, it stretches from Japan and Indonesia on one side of the Pacific all the way across to California and South America on the other.

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off Sumatra island in northern Indonesia triggered a tsunami that struck 14 countries, killing 226,000 people along the Indian Ocean coastline, more than half of them in Indonesia.

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EXPLAINER: Why was Indonesia's shallow quake so deadly?​


By VICTORIA MILKO

4-5 minutes


JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 260 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia’s main island of Java.
Bodies continued to be pulled from the debris on Tuesday morning in the hardest-hit city of Cianjur, located in the country’s most densely populated province of West Java and some 217 kilometers (135 miles) south of the capital, Jakarta. A number of people are still missing.
While the magnitude would typically be expected to cause light damage to buildings and other structures, experts say proximity to fault lines, the shallowness of the quake and inadequate infrastructure that cannot withstand earthquakes all contributed to the damage.
Here’s a closer look at the earthquake and some reasons why it caused so much devastation:
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WAS MONDAY’S EARTHQUAKE CONSIDERED “STRONG”?
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake late Monday afternoon measured 5.6 magnitude and struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).
Quakes of this size usually don’t cause widespread damage to well-built infrastructure. But the agency points out, “There is not one magnitude above which damage will occur. It depends on other variables, such as the distance from the earthquake, what type of soil you are on, building construction” and other factors.
Dozens of buildings were damaged in Indonesia, including Islamic boarding schools, a hospital and other public facilities. Also damaged were roads and bridges, and parts of the region experienced power blackouts.
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SO WHY DID THE QUAKE CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE?
Experts said proximity to fault lines, the depth of the temblor and buildings not being constructed using earthquake-proof methods were factors in the devastation.
“Even though the earthquake was medium-sized, it (was) close to the surface ... and located inland, close to where people live,” said Gayatri Marliyani, an assistant geology professor at Universitas Gadjah Mada, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. “The energy was still large enough to cause significant shaking that led to damage.”
The worst-affected area is close to several known faults, said Marliyani.
A fault is a place with a long break in the rock that forms the surface of the earth. When an earthquake occurs on one of these faults, the rock on one side of the fault slips with respect to the other.
“The area probably has the most inland faults compared to the other parts of Java,” said Marliyani.
She added that while some well-known faults are in the area, there are many other active faults that are not well studied.
Many buildings in the region are also not built with quake-proof designs, which further contributed to the damage, said Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, an earthquake geology expert at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences Geotechnology Research Center.
“This makes a quake of this size and depth even more destructive,” he said.
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DOES INDONESIA USUALLY HAVE EARTHQUAKES LIKE THIS?
The country of more than 270 million people is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin known as the “Ring of Fire.” The area spans some 40,000 kilometers (25,000 miles) and is where a majority of the world’s earthquakes occur.
Many of Indonesia’s earthquakes are minor and cause little to no damage. But there have also been deadly earthquakes.
In February, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in West Sumatra province. In January 2021, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed more than 100 people and injured nearly 6,500 in West Sulawesi province.
A powerful Indian Ocean quake and tsunami in 2004 killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia.
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The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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EXPLAINER: Why was Indonesia's shallow quake so deadly?

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 260 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia’s main island of Java.
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I was in a 5.8 in Guatemala in the 80's that looked like it was a 9 as the streets rolled like large rolling waves in the ocean and the buildings swayed like the boats on that water. It was crazy..but a 5.8.
 
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