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Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 162, hundreds injured

A man stands in front of his house, damaged after earthquake hit in Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia [Antara Foto/Yulius Satria Wijaya/ via Reuters]

A powerful earthquake has shaken Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing 162 people and injuring hundreds of others – with rescuers searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks.

The epicentre of the 5.6 magnitude earthquake was near the town of Cianjur in mountainous West Java, about 75km (45 miles) southeast of the capital, Jakarta. The region is home to more than 2.5 million people.

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