Rescue teams search for victims buried under collapsed buildings; officials say death toll from the 5.6-magnitude quake could rise
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Dave Sebastian and Fadiyah Alaidrus
An earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java on Monday, leaving at least 162 people dead, hundreds injured and thousands of homes damaged, a senior official said.
The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was centered in the Cianjur area in West Java at a shallow depth of 6.2 miles, according to Indonesia’s meteorological agency. The temblor didn’t have the potential to create a tsunami, the agency said.
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