Indonesia earthquake toll mounts to 162, says governor: Report

"I regret to inform that 162 are dead," West Java governor Ridwan Kamil said in a video seen by AFP. Adam, the spokesman for the local administration in Cianjur town in West Java, confirmed the toll to AFP.

Updated on: Nov 21, 2022, 21:40:22 IST

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The governor of the worst-hit province and a local official said the death toll from an earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday had jumped to 162.

Wounded survivors of an earthquake are being treated in the yard of a hospital in Cianjur on Monday. At least 162 people were killed in an earthquake that rattled Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, the governor of the worst-hit province said. (AFP)

"I regret to inform that 162 are dead," West Java governor Ridwan Kamil said in a video seen by AFP. Adam, the spokesman for the local administration in Cianjur town in West Java, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, confirmed the toll to AFP.

Indonesia's national disaster mitigation agency, BNPB, still lists the toll at 62. Due to miscounting, officials offered wildly fluctuating death tolls after an Indonesian stadium disaster last month.

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