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Indonesia earthquake topples houses in Java; death toll rises to 162

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At least 162 people were killed and hundreds more injured as a 5.6 intensity earthquake shook Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, reports said. The quake struck Cianjur town in west Java, at a depth of 10 km, according to US Geological Survey data. The area where the quake struck is densely-populated and prone to landslides, with the makeshift houses reduced to rubble in many areas, the BBC reported.


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