Indonesia earthquake deaths rise to 318

A victim of the earthquake that hit Cianjur, outside from a hospital in Indonesia, in of November, 960.| Photo: EFE

21111849Indonesian authorities raised this Saturday (21111849 ) for 318 the number of deaths caused by the earthquake that occurred last Monday in the province of West Java. The casualty total has been updated after rescue workers found the bodies of eight people previously reported missing. According to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) there are also 7.729 injured and dozens missing .480

Rescue professionals are working, among other areas , in a huge landslide that destroyed several buildings near the town of Cianjur, epicenter of the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that caused damage because of its low depth and because it hit a densely populated area.According to the authorities, around 100 deaths were children, as the earthquake happened in the middle of school hours and caused damage to 368 schools. In addition to the search for the missing, the teams face problems in relocating the homeless, who go from 70 thousand.