Rescue workers evacuate on Nov. 29, 2022 the remains of a local resident who was buried in a landslide that followed an earthquake in Cijedil village, Cianjur, West Java last week. The death toll from the disaster has reached 325. - Antara-Jakarta Times/ANN
JAKARTA, Dec 10 (Jakarta Post/ANN): On Thursday morning, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Sukabumi in West Java, sparking a panic among residents barely awake in and around the city.
It was the fifth significant tremor to hit the province in the past month. Suddenly the region has to contend with the possibility of more seismic activity in the near future, prompting experts to call for more preemptive measures by the government.
