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 Indonesia earthquake topples houses in Java;
death toll rises to 162
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.
Rescuers were working into the night to try to save others thought to still be trapped under collapsed buildings.
Regional Governor Ridwan Kamil said 162 people were killed, over 700 injured, and more than 13,000 people
displaced by the disaster, the BBC reported.
He apprehended that the numbers of injuries and fatalities were likely to increase because there were "a lot of
people" still trapped at the scene.
Earthquakes are common in Indonesia, which sits on the "ring of fire" area of tectonic activity in the Pacific,
with a 2018 quake in Sulawesi leaving over 2,000 dead.
 Families of Itaewon crush victims condemn Yoon
administration
In South Korea, families of the victims of a Halloween crowd crush in Seoul have lashed out at the government of
President Yoon Suk-yeol for failing to prevent the tragedy.
The crush in the capital's Itaewon district on October 29 left 158 people dead, including two Japanese citizens and
many other foreigners. Another 196 people were injured.
Local media say police and the fire department received numerous calls hours before the accident saying there were too
many people, and warning that some could be crushed to death. But the authorities reportedly did nothing.
Families of the victims spoke at a news conference in Seoul on Tuesday for the first time since the accident.
A mother who lost her son said the whole family has been suffering so much they want to die.
She said the accident was caused by the authorities' inaction. She called it murder.
Other families also criticized the government and the police, while some attendees cried as they listened.
A special investigative team from South Korea's National Police Agency has been looking into how the police in charge
of the Itaewon district and top local municipal officials responded to the accident.
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