Destroyed homes: Soldiers and residents checking damaged houses in Malang, East Java, a day after the quake happened. — AFP
President Joko Widodo ordered swift rescue and relief efforts after eight people died in an earthquake that hit off southern Java island.
Three others were badly injured in Saturday’s magnitude 5.9 quake and more than 1,180 buildings were damaged, most of them slightly, the disaster agency BNPB said.
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