More rescuers and volunteers have been deployed in devastated areas on Indonesia’s main island of Java to search for the dead and missing from Monday's 5.6 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 268 people.
In several hard-hit areas, water as well as food and medical supplies were being distributed from trucks, and authorities have deployed military personnel carrying food, medicine, blankets, field tents and water tankers.
He said more than 58,000 survivors were moved to shelters and more than 1,000 people were injured, with nearly 600 of them still receiving treatment for serious injuries. Indonesia is frequently hit by earthquakes, many much stronger than Monday’s whose magnitude would typically be expected to cause light damage. But the area is densely populated, and experts said the shallowness of the quake and inadequate infrastructure contributed to the severe damage, including caved-in roofs and large piles of bricks, concrete, and corrugated metal.
More than 2.5 million people live in Cianjur district, including about 175,000 in the main town of the same name.
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