Villagers salvage items from damaged houses following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing in Cianjur on Nov. 22, 2022. - AFP
JAKARTA, Nov 26 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The deadly earthquake that struck on Monday in Cianjur regency, West Java, has highlighted the shortcomings in the nation’s disaster preparedness, sparking calls for more disaster risk reduction at a time when policymakers have focused more on disaster response.
Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, natural disasters are a common occurrence across the Indonesian archipelago.
