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People are evacuated outside a building following an earthquake in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 21, 2022. /Reuters
Over 60 people have been killed in an earthquake that rattled Indonesia's main island Java on Monday with officials warning that the death toll could rise.
Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure(BNPB) confirmed 62 deaths from the quake, whose epicenter was the town of Cianjur, about 75 km southeast of the capital, Jakarta.
The BNPB also said up to 700 people had been injured in the quake.
The quake has also caused heavy damage to hundreds of houses, buildings and infrastructure facilities.
The BNPB said that more than 300 homes were damaged or destroyed, and as many as 5,389 displaced residents were scattered at several points.
The quake struck at 13:21 Jakarta time (0621 GMT) with the epicenter located at 10 km southwest of Cianjur in West Java province, and with a depth of 10 km, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The tremors were also strong in the national capital Jakarta.
(With input from agencies)
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