isolated after the earthquake, because the earthquake triggered a landslide in the local area in cianjur district in west java province. i can tell you, when the earthquake happened, i am in jakarta, it is 100 kilometres away from the epicentre of the earthquake, i am from the epicentre of the earthquake, iam injakarta, the capital city of indonesia, where i am based with the bbc, and when it happened, i was working from home on the 31st floor, and as you know, the taller your location is, the stronger the tremor, and indonesia is home to earthquakes, there are dozens of earthquakes every year in indonesia, but the tremor of this earthquake is the most intense i have experienced in a long time. the earthquake is 5.6 on the richter scale magnitude, and it also forced people out of tall buildings,
valdya baraputri is from the bbc s indonesian service she spoke to us from jakarta. from the last statement from the local government of cianjur district in west java province, he told the media that 46 people have died and hundreds of others are injured and some of them being taken to hospital and most of them are suffering from serious injuries. he pleads for doctors and medical help for the local hospitals and he also said to the media that they are trying to evacuate people who are isolated after the earthquake because the earthquake triggered a landslide in the local area in cianjur district in west java province. i can tell you when the earthquake
translation: i was working as . normal, doing reports in the office. usually we could feel the building moving when someone walks in the building butjust now, it was so strong, as if someone had pushed me. translation: we re used to this in jakarta. - but people were so nervousjust now, so we also panicked. in cianjur, power is out and water supplies are affected. valdya baraputri has this update from the scene. so right now, i m at a regional hospital in cianjur district people who were injured after the earthquake are taken here and the hospital is absolutely overflowed. you can see behind me there are rows of tents outside the hospital building. there are emergency tents like this on each side of the hospital wing. like this on each side of the hospitalwing. people like this on each side of the hospital wing. people are being taken here with very minimal lighting however i can see that
about the tremor of this earthquake is the most intense i have experienced in a long time. the earthquake is a 5.6 richter scale magnitude. it also forces people out of tall buildings, government and business buildings in the area here injakarta, including people who are working in bbc indonesia s office. the tremor lasted for more than a minute. people stayed out for longer in case of another wave of earthquake. the location or the epicentre of the earthquake is more than 100 kilometres from cianjur district in west java province. however, it sent an intense tremor because the location of
correspondent from the bbc indonesian service joins us now. correspondent from the bbc indonesian servicejoins us now. i know details arejust indonesian servicejoins us now. i know details are just coming into us but what more can you tell us first of all about the number of people who have died and indeed the number of people who are thought to have been injured? been injured? from the last statement been injured? from the last statement from been injured? from the last statement from the - been injured? from the last statement from the local. been injured? from the last - statement from the local government of the district, in west java, he told the media that 46 people have died and hundreds of others are injured and have been taken, some of them, to the hospital, and most of them, to the hospital, and most of them are suffering from serious injuries, they have made calls for doctors and medical help for the local hospitals, media that they are trying to evacuate people who are