A 5.6-magnitude earthquake near Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia was recorded yesterday, killing at least 268 people with a further 151 missing and more than 1,000 injured.
The Australian Government updated its travel advice to Indonesia to advise travellers to exercise a high degree of caution in Indonesia overall due to security risks to safety caused by the West Java earthquake with higher levels of caution to be applied in some areas.
The city of Cianjur is located around 217km south of the capital, Jakarta, in West Java, the country’s most densely populated province.
More than 58,000 people were displaced by the quake, affecting mostly children who were in school when the earthquake struck.
The powerful tremors forced children to flee from their classrooms, according to aid group Save the Children, which said more than 50 schools had been impacted.
The earthquake has caused widespread damage to infrastructure and roads with more than 22,000 homes destroyed.
Aftershocks have been recorded in the area and landslides have caused some roads to be closed along with damage to bridges, hospitals and other buildings.
In February, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in West Sumatra province.
Garuda Indonesia is set to resume twice-weekly Jakarta–Melbourne flights on 23 November 2022 to meet travel demand to the country.
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