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Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 162 -media citing West Java governor

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Reuters
Updated: Nov 21, 2022, 15:21 GMT+00:00

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The death toll from a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia on Monday has risen to 162 with hundreds injured and over 13,000 displaced, local media Kompas.com and Detik.com reported, citing West Java governor Ridwan Kamil.

Aftermath of a 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the region of Cianjur in West Java

JAKARTA (Reuters) – The death toll from a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia on Monday has risen to 162 with hundreds injured and over 13,000 displaced, local media Kompas.com and Detik.com reported, citing West Java governor Ridwan Kamil.

The latest data from Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency had shown 62 killed in the quake.

(Reporting by Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy, editing by Mark Heinrich)

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