<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>An earthquake on the main Indonesian island of Java has killed scores of people and injured hundreds, say officials.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 5.6 magnitude quake struck Cianjur town in West Java, at a shallow depth of 10km (6 miles), according to US Geological Survey data.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Scores of people were taken to hospital, with many treated outside.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rescuers have worked through the night to try to save others thought to still be trapped under collapsed buildings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The area where the quake struck is densely populated and prone to landslides, with poorly built houses reduced to rubble in many areas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The exact number of people killed so far remains unclear. Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has said their official death toll was 62, adding that another figure given by regional governor Ridwan Kamil - 162 - remains unverified.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Speaking to local media, Mr Kamil said some 326 people had been injured in the quake, noting that "most of them sustained fractures from being crushed in ruins".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But he warned some residents remained "trapped in isolated places" and said officials were "under the assumption that the number of injured and deaths will rise with time".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The West Java governor added that more than 13,000 people had been displaced by the disaster, and the BNPB said more than 2,200 homes had been damaged by the quake.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Herman Suherman, the head of administration in Cianjur town, said most injuries were bone fractures sustained from people being trapped by debris in buildings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The ambulances keep on coming from the villages to the hospital," he was quoted by AFP news agency as saying earlier in the day. "There are many families in villages that have not been evacuated."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many of the injured were treated outside in a hospital car park after the hospital was left without power for several hours following the quake, West Java's governor said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Monday night, Mr Kamil wrote on Twitter that it could take up to three days for power to be fully restored to the area. He added that mobile phone reception remained poor and was causing "a lot of problems" for officials.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The tremor could also be felt in the capital Jakarta about 100km away, where people were evacuated from high-rise buildings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Office workers rushed out of buildings in the civic and business district during the tremor, which started at 13:21 Western Indonesian time (WIT) on Monday, the agency said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I was working when the floor under me was shaking. I could feel the tremor clearly. I tried to do nothing to process what it was, but it became even stronger and lasted for some time," lawyer Mayadita Waluyo told AFP.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An office worker named Ahmad Ridwan told news agency Reuters: "We are used to this [earthquakes] in Jakarta, but people were so nervous just now, so we also panicked."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earthquakes are common in Indonesia, which sits on the "ring of fire" area of tectonic activity in the Pacific. The country has a history of devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, with more than 2,000 killed in a 2018 Sulawesi quake. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>