The death toll from a 5.6 magnitude quake that hit Indonesia's West Java Province rose to 310, CGTN reported citing the country's national disaster mitigation agency. The 5.6-magnitude quake hit the Cianjur region in West Java at about 1:21 p.m. local time on Monday at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), causing buildings to collapse while school classes were underway. The death toll from the earthquake has risen to 310 and a total of 24 people remain missing, CGTN reported. Earlier, the head of the BNPB, Maj Gen Suharyanto, during a press conference said that the death toll rose to 271 and over a third of those confirmed dead are children, reported CNN. Some 2,043 people were injured and 61,800 have been displaced, he added. Forty people remain missing. Suharyanto said 56,320 houses were damaged, more than a third of them badly. Other damaged buildings included 31 schools, 124 places of worship and three health facilities. The agency has built 14 refugee shelters with facilities for displaced people, Suharyanto said. Victims are expected to leave their temporary tents and move to these main shelters, he said. According to Suharyanto, BNPB deployed more than 6,000 rescuers to search-and-rescue operations, reported CNN. (ANI)
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