{"id":514598,"date":"2022-11-23T11:15:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T08:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/indonesia-earthquake-leaves-268-dead-and-counting-search-efforts-intensify\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T11:15:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T08:15:31","slug":"indonesia-earthquake-leaves-268-dead-and-counting-search-efforts-intensify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/indonesia-earthquake-leaves-268-dead-and-counting-search-efforts-intensify\/","title":{"rendered":"#Indonesia earthquake leaves 268 dead and counting, search efforts intensify"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413ce352811\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413ce352811\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/indonesia-earthquake-leaves-268-dead-and-counting-search-efforts-intensify\/#%E2%80%9CIndonesia_earthquake_leaves_268_dead_and_counting_search_efforts_intensify%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Indonesia earthquake leaves 268 dead and counting, search efforts intensify&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIndonesia_earthquake_leaves_268_dead_and_counting_search_efforts_intensify%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Indonesia earthquake leaves 268 dead and counting, search efforts intensify&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>CIANJUR, Indonesia \u2014 More rescuers and volunteers were deployed Wednesday in devastated areas on Indonesia\u2019s main island of Java to search for the dead and missing from an earthquake that killed at least 268 people.<\/p>\n<p>With many missing, some remote areas still unreachable and more than 1,000 people injured in the 5.6 magnitude quake, the death toll was likely to rise. Hospitals near the epicenter on the densely populated island were already overwhelmed, and patients hooked up to IV drips lay on stretchers and cots in tents set up outside, awaiting further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>More than 12,000 army personel were deployed Wednesday to increase the strength of search efforts that being carried out by more than 2,000 joint forces of police, the search and rescue agency and volunteers, said Suharyanto, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency chief.<\/p>\n<p>Suharyanto, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said aid was reaching thousands of people left homeless who fled to temporary shelters where supplies can be distributed only by foot over the rough terrain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154523231.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rescuers search for the victims of an earthquake-triggered landslide in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia on Nov. 23, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24759626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154523231.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154523231.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154523231.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154523231.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rescuers search for the victims of an earthquake-triggered landslide in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia on Nov. 23, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Television reports showed police, soldiers and other rescue personnel using jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands and farm tools, digging desperately in the worst-hit area of Cijendil village where tons of mud, rocks and trees were left from a landslide.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of police, soldiers and residents dug through the debris with their bare hands, shovels and hoes as heavy rain hindered their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>By Wednesday morning, the government <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to be focused on finding bodies, and wherever possible, survivors. Authorities struggled to bring tractors and other heavy equipment over washed-out roads after earthquake triggered landslides crashing onto the hilly hamlets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Indonesia_Earthquake-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Indonesia_Earthquake-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rescuers inspect a school damaged by the earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia.\" class=\"wp-image-24759621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Indonesia_Earthquake-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Indonesia_Earthquake-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Indonesia_Earthquake-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Indonesia_Earthquake-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rescuers inspect a school damaged by the earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But still, residents said the government was slow to respond to the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Tohir, 48, was sitting in his living room with family in Cijendil when the catastrophe struck. Although his family managed to make it out, his sister and her two children was crushed by a landslide, a few kilometers (miles) of his house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I came to my sister\u2019s house, I was devastated by what I saw,\u201d Tohir said, \u201cDozens of houses had been buried by landslides\u2026 I feel like doomsday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said more than 40 houses in his sister\u2019s neighborhood in Cijendil buried under tons of mud with at least 45 people were buried alive, including Tohir\u2019s sister and her two children.<\/p>\n<p>Tohir, along with other residents in the area, searched for the missing using farm tools and managed to pull out two bodies buried under as much as 6 meters (10 feet) of mud. Two days later, rescue personnel arrived to help in the search.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154553050.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rescuers use a heavy machine to dig through mud as they search for victims of an earthquake-triggered landslide in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, on Nov. 23, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-24759628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154553050.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154553050.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154553050.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154553050.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rescuers use a heavy machine to dig through mud as they search for victims of an earthquake-triggered landslide in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, on Nov. 23, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe government too slow to respond to this disaster,\u201d Tohir said. \u201cThey should be bringing in heavy equipment to speed this up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But he said that he will not give up until they can pull his sister and his nieces out of the mud.<\/p>\n<p>In several hard-hit areas, water as well as food and medical supplies were being distributed from trucks, and authorities have deployed military personnel carrying food, medicine, blankets, field tents and water tankers.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers and rescue personnel erected more temporary shelters for those left homeless in several villages of Cianjur district.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327036263830.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"People salvage usable items from their house that was damaged from the earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, on Nov. 23, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24759634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327036263830.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327036263830.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327036263830.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327036263830.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>People salvage usable items from their house that was damaged from the earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, on Nov. 23, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most were barely protected by makeshift shelters that were lashed by heavy monsoon downpours. Only a few were lucky to be protected by tarpaulin-covered tents. They said they were running low on food, blankets and other aid, as emergency supplies were rushed to the region.<\/p>\n<p>Suharyanto said more than 58,000 survivors were moved to shelters and 1,083 people were injured, with nearly 600 of them still receiving treatment for serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>He said rescuers had recovered 268 bodies from collapsed houses and landslides that triggered by the earthquake, and at least 151 still reported missing. But not all of the dead have been identified, so it\u2019s possible some the bodies pulled from the rubble are of people on the missing list.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue operations were focused on about a dozen villages in Cianjur, where people are still believed trapped, Suharyanto said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>In a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> conference on Tuesday evening, Suharyanto said that more than 22,000 houses in Cianjur were damaged and the agency was still collecting data on damaged houses and buildings in the town.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia is frequently hit by earthquakes, many much stronger than Monday\u2019s whose magnitude would typically be expected to cause light damage. But the area is densely populated, and experts said the shallowness of the quake and inadequate infrastructure contributed to the severe damage, including caved-in roofs and large piles of bricks, concrete, and corrugated metal.<\/p>\n<p>The quake was centered on the rural, mountainous Cianjur district, where one woman said her home started \u201cshaking like it was dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 2.5 million people live in Cianjur district, including about 175,000 in the main town of the same name.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154679036.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rescuers search for victims of an earthquake-triggered landslide in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, on Nov. 23, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-24759636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154679036.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154679036.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154679036.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22327154679036.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rescuers search for victims of an earthquake-triggered landslide in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, on Nov. 23, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many of the dead were public school students who had finished their classes for the day and were taking extra lessons at Islamic schools when the buildings collapsed, West Java Gov. Ridwan Kamil said.<\/p>\n<p>President Joko Widodo visited Cianjur on Tuesday and pledged to rebuild infrastructure and to provide government assistance up to 50 million rupiah ($3,180) to each resident whose house was damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The country of more than 270 million people is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin known as the \u201cRing of Fire.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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