A 5.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Indonesia's West Java province on Monday has left 20 people dead with more than 300 injured, according to local officials.
A government official named Herman Suherman from the town of Cianjur, where the epicenter was located told local news that the current stats are only based on one of four hospitals in Cianjur, and the the total death toll could actually be higher.
"The information I got for now, in this hospital alone, nearly 20 died and at least 300 people are being treated. Most of them had fractures from being trapped by the ruins of buildings," he told local news.
The earthquake struck on land in Cianjur, which is about 75 km southeast of the capital Jakarta. According to the weather and geophysics agency (BMKG), there was no potential for a tsunami at present.
Indonesia's national disaster agency said that several homes and an Islamic boarding school in the area had been damaged, and that officials are still working to assess the full scope of the damage.
Videos and footage from Indonesia show many buildings and houses in Cianjur reduced to rubble as locals hurried outside in a worry.
A government official named Herman Suherman from the town of Cianjur, where the epicenter was located told local news that the current stats are only based on one of four hospitals in Cianjur, and the the total death toll could actually be higher.
"The information I got for now, in this hospital alone, nearly 20 died and at least 300 people are being treated. Most of them had fractures from being trapped by the ruins of buildings," he told local news.
The earthquake struck on land in Cianjur, which is about 75 km southeast of the capital Jakarta. According to the weather and geophysics agency (BMKG), there was no potential for a tsunami at present.
Indonesia's national disaster agency said that several homes and an Islamic boarding school in the area had been damaged, and that officials are still working to assess the full scope of the damage.
Videos and footage from Indonesia show many buildings and houses in Cianjur reduced to rubble as locals hurried outside in a worry.