At Least 56 Dead In Indonesia Earthquake, 700 Injured, more than 100 are missing, updates

UPDATE 5: Officials warn of possible aftershocks and say the death toll could rise.
The area where the quake struck is densely populated and prone to landslides, with poorly-built houses.
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UPDATE 4: "Data from the district head team -- 56 people died and more than 700 injured. Because there are still a lot of people trapped on the scene, we assume injuries and fatalities will increase over time," West Java governor Ridwan Kamil told a news conference broadcast by Kompas TV.
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UPDATE 3: West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil confirmed 56 deaths from the quake, whose epicentre was the town of Cianjur, about 75 km (45 miles) southeast of the capital, Jakarta.
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UPDATE 2 : A school and a hospital were among the buildings damaged in Cinajur, according to the Associated Press.
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UPADATE 1: The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.6 quake was centred in the Cianjur region in West Java province at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles).

Several landslides were reported around Cianjur. Dozens of buildings were damaged, including an Islamic boarding school, a hospital and other public facilities, the agency said.
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A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia's main island Java on Monday, killing at least 46 people and injuring 700, local officials said, with buildings damaged and a landslide triggered.

The quake was centred in the Cianjur region of West Java, according to the United States Geological Survey, and was felt as far away as the capital of Jakarta, where panicked residents ran into the streets.

"The latest data, 46 people were killed. Victims kept coming from many areas. Around 700 people were injured," Herman Suherman, the head of the administration in Cianjur town in West Java, told broadcaster Kompas TV.

According to Indra Gustari, head of West Java’s regional Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, currently there is no tsunami threat yet caution should be exercised because of potential aftershocks.

Broadcasters showed several buildings in Cianjur with their roofs collapsed and debris lining the streets.

*Indonesia straddles the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire", a highly seismically active zone where different plates on the earth's crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes.*

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 Magnitude Mw 5.6
Region JAVA, INDONESIA
Date time 2022-11-21 06:21:11.0 UTC
Location 6.78 S ; 107.08 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 38 km ESE of Bogor, Indonesia / pop: 800,000 / local time: 13:21:11.0 2022-11-21
23 km NE of Sukabumi, Indonesia / pop: 276,000 / local time: 13:21:11.0 2022-11-21