162 people died, most of them children

KOMPAs.com – As many as 162 people died as a result of the earthquake that occurred in Cianjur Regency, West Java on Monday (11/21/2022).

Of these, the majority are children.

Read also: Current Situation After Cianjur Earthquake: Patients Blast In Hospitals, Victims Keep Arriving, Ambulance Sirens Howl

Again from the data provided by the Governor of West Java Ridwan Kamil, it was also stated that 326 residents were injured and 13,784 people were displaced. The evacuation sites are distributed over 14 points.

Read also: The victims of the Cianjur earthquake increase to 56 people

“It was recorded at the BPBD call center that 162 died. Most of those who died were children, we are very concerned,” Emil, his nickname, said at Cianjur Regent’s Hall Monday night at 9.30pm WIB.

Emil said there were many child victims because at the time of the incident many school students were studying in Islamic madrassas or boarding schools.

Emil has not yet received exact data on the number of child victims of the magnitude 5.6 earthquake.

“Well, as of tonight we’re still ranking the percentage, but the field reports always state that qualitatively the majority are children,” he said.

While the damaged houses with a scale of 60-100 percent amounted to 2,345 units.

Also there are 2-3 isolated road locations. While the national roads would return to normal.

However, his party has received no further reports regarding the five trapped cars.

It was also reported that two power substations went out and only one was functional.

Get updates Featured News And latest news every day from Kompas.com. Let’s join the Telegram group “Kompas.com News Update”, like click on the link https://t.me/kompascomupdate, then join. You must first install the Telegram application on your mobile phone.