The death toll from a 5.6 magnitude quake that hit Indonesia s West Java Province rose to 310, CGTN reported citing the country s national disaster mitigation agency.
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The scale of the death and destruction caused by the quake became increasingly clear on Tuesday, after earlier discrepancies in the casualty numbers reported by officials.
The 5.6-magnitude quake that hit Indonesia s Cianjur region resulted in the deaths of 271 persons, however, the hopes for survivors persist after a six-year-old boy was pulled alive from the wreckage of a property on Wednesday after surviving for more than two days under debris.