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Death toll at 56 after quake shakes Indonesia's Java island

Medical workers treat victims outside the district hospital after an earthquake hit Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia on Monday. (Antara Foto/Raisan Al Farisi via REUTERS)

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 56 people and injured hundreds when it damaged buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, officials said.

Doctors treated patients outdoors after the quake -- felt as far away as the capital Jakarta -- left hospitals without power for several hours.

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