By Mohd Nasir Yusoff
JAKARTA, Sept 2 (Bernama) -- The magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit Java island at 3pm local time Wednesday has claimed 15 lives and left more than 200 people injured.
The quake`s epicentre was at 142 kilometres southwest of Tasikmalaya, West Java at a depth of 30 kilometres beneath the sea level.
According to Indonesia's National Natural Disasters body, four people were killed in Tasikmalaya, 10 in Cianjur and one in Sukabumi, West Java.
Meanwhile, Antara reported that the bodies of the 12 people killed in Cianjur had been recovered from the rubble of their homes.
Local authorities said the death toll in Cianjur may rise as there were still residents unaccounted for.
The media also reported that many workers of tall buildings in Jakarta had to be treated at hospitals around the capital after they became injured while fleeing their offices in panic.
More casualties are likely as status reports are yet to be made available from isolated villages in Yogyakarta, Cilacap, Sukabumi and Bandung.
Hundreds of homes and buildings were damaged and some have collapsed.
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