29 Houses Damaged Due To The Pangandaran Earthquake

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BANDUNG - The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of West Java Province stated that 29 houses of residents in five districts / cities were severely and lightly damaged. This damage was due to earthquake shocks with a magnitude of 5.9 in Pangandaran Regency.

"The latest update regarding the Pangandaran earthquake, there are five districts / cities affected, namely Pangandaran Regency, four sub-districts and four villages, Ciamis Regency, six sub-districts and seven villages, Tasikmalaya Regency four sub-districts and four villages, Garut Regency one sub-district and one village and Tasikmalaya City. "said the Manager of Pusdalops PB BPBD West Java Province Budi Budiman Wahyu in Bandung quoted by Antara, Sunday, October 25.

In Pangandaran Regency, five houses were lightly damaged, Ciamis District, 13 houses were moderately and lightly damaged. Meanwhile, in Tasikmalaya Regency, seven housing units were slightly damaged, in Garut Regency one housing unit was severely damaged and in Tasikmalaya City two housing units were slightly damaged and one housing unit was moderately damaged.

According to him, the number of casualties due to the Pangandaran earthquake was three people with minor injuries, two people in Ciamis Regency and one person in Tasikmalaya City.

West Java Provincial BPBD continues to coordinate and monitor the latest conditions of all affected districts / cities and district / city BPBDs are still conducting assessments to the locations of incidents while advising local residents to always be vigilant and alert because it is also currently raining at the location.

"And we are also still collecting data and waiting for reports from several districts. Then the injured victims have been rushed to the nearest clinic," he said.