Death Toll from Indonesia Earthquake Rises to 162

Indonesia's authorities announced that the death toll from the earthquake that hit the island of Java, Monday, has risen to 162.

West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil said: "I regret to announce that 162 people have been killed," which was confirmed by a spokesman for the local administration in the city of Cianjur in West Java.

Herman Suherman, the regent of Cianjur Regency in West Java, told Indonesian TV Kompas at around 4 p.m. Jakarta time that about 700 were wounded.

The Indonesian Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency said on Twitter that it had also measured the quake with a magnitude of 5.6. Preliminary data from the US Geological Survey previously put the quake at a magnitude of 5.4.

The US Geological Survey noted that the quake occurred at a depth of about 10 km and its epicenter was about 18 km southwest of Serangang-hillir, Indonesia.

Indonesian local media showed several buildings in Cianjur with their roofs collapsed. The country's meteorological agency warned residents near the quake to watch out for more tremors.