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Death toll from Indonesia's earthquake rises to 268: authorities
Updated 19:49, 22-Nov-2022
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The ruins of buildings flattened by Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, November 22, 2022. /CFP
The ruins of buildings flattened by Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, November 22, 2022. /CFP

The ruins of buildings flattened by Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, November 22, 2022. /CFP

The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's Cianjur town in western Java has risen to 268, Indonesia's national disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday.

Agency chief Suharyanto told reporters more than 1,000 people had been injured, around 150 people remain missing, and 58,000 displaced because of the magnitude-5.6 quake that struck on Monday, and around 22,000 houses had been damaged. 

(With input from Reuters)

Source(s): Reuters

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