According to the latest balance issued on Wednesday (23), the number of deaths due to Earthquake The aftershocks that hit the island of West Java, in IndonesiaThey numbered 271, most of them children and youth. Nevertheless, rescuers operating in the affected areas have intensified their search for survivors, bearing in mind that the total number of missing persons is 40. Keep reading and stay tuned for all this news.
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Last Tuesday (21), the National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that 22,000 homes were damaged, and about 58,000 people had to take shelter in different parts of the district. Roads were also hit, and a large area was affected by the earthquake, making it difficult for rescuers to find new survivors.
The 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous region the day before it hit other regions of West Java with greater impact, triggering landslides that completely buried villages near the western city of Cianjur. java.
After the walls and ceilings had given way, the victims were crushed or trapped under the rubble. According to the representative of the National Search and Rescue Agency, most of the victims were young men and children. This is because they were all in their schools at 1 pm, when the earthquake happened.
The earthquake, which reached about 6 miles (10 km) across, caused several aftershocks that destroyed, as it happened, homes that were less structured to withstand all the impacts.
Being located in the “Ring of Fire”, which is characterized by tectonic activity in the Pacific region, earthquakes are very common in Indonesia.
