Indonesia: Hundreds of buildings in Banten, West Java damaged following earthquake


A resident cleans the debris of his damaged house a day after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit the area at Kertamukti village in Pandeglang on January 15, 2022. - AFP

JAKARTA, Jan 16 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Hundreds of buildings, including houses, places of worships and community health centers (Puskesmas), were damaged in a 6.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the western parts of Java Island on Friday (Jan 14).

The earthquake's epicenter was in the Indian Ocean, near the Ujung Kulon National Park in Banten, at a depth of 40 kilometers and struck at 4.05 p.m. local time, according to the Meteorological Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

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