More than a thousand people, who suffered as a result of the collapse of houses, are hospitalized in nearby cities.

In Chianjur itself, hospitals are overflowing with wounded, many of them have to wait for medical assistance in tents pitched on city streets.

Rescue services continue search operations in the city's surroundings — local residents report dozens of missing relatives and friends.

The earthquake, which killed hundreds of residents of Chiyanjur, occurred on Monday, November 21.

Among the victims of the earthquake, as reported by the governor of the region, are many schoolchildren.

• In February of this year, an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale killed 25 people and injured about 500 in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra.

  In January 2021, an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale occurred in West Sulawesi, another Indonesian province.

  At that time, more than a hundred people became victims of the natural disaster, and more than six and a half thousand received injuries of varying degrees of severity.