Indonesia: A powerful earthquake of 5.6 magnitude hit West Java Province in Indonesia on Monday. Atleast 162 people had been killed and 326 were injured and survivors are trapped under the rubble amid a series of earthquakes.

The epi-centre of the 5.6 magnitude quake was near the town of Cianjur in mountainous West Java is about 75 km from the capital, Jakarta. The region is home to over 2.5 million people.

According to the official sources Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) were conducting rescue operations and were searching for 25 believed to be trapped under rubble and the search would continue through the night. Many buildings have collapsed, the death toll could rise. There are residents trapped in isolated places, so we are under the assumption that the number of injured and deaths will rise with time.

More than 2,200 houses had been damaged and more than 5,300 people had been displaced, said West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil. Electricity was down, disrupting communications, while landslides were blocking evacuations in some areas, said authorities.

Hundreds of victims were being treated in a hospital parking lot, some under an emergency tent. Elsewhere in Cianjur, residents huddled together on mats in open fields or in tents while buildings around them had been reduced to rubble.