At least 268 people were killed and over a thousand people were injured by the earthquake in Indonesia, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
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A strong, shallow earthquake toppled buildings and collapsed walls on Indonesia’s densely populated main island of Java on Monday, killing at least 268 and injuring hundreds as people rushed into the streets, some covered in blood and white debris.
Emergency workers were treating the injured on stretchers outside main hospitals, on terraces and in parking lots. Many included children, some of whom were given oxygen masks, IV lines and were being resuscitated.
Residents, some crying with children in their arms, fled damaged homes after the magnitude 5.6 quake shook the Cianjur region in West Java province in late afternoon, at a depth of 6.2 miles. It also caused panic in the greater Jakarta area, where high-rises swayed and some were evacuated.
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