BNPB: 6 People Died In Malang Earthquake

Meeting room of Blitar District Parliament damaged by earthquake tremorMalang, East Java, Saturday (10/4/2021) Photo via ANTARA

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) recorded a total of six deaths. One person was seriously injured in the 6.1 magnitude Malang earthquake.

Head of BNPB Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Center, Raditya Jati said the death toll of as many as three people in Lumajang Regency.

Then two people died between Lumajang and Malang, and one in Malang.

Meanwhile, the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Lumajang Regency noted that there is an evacuation point in Kali Uling Village, Tempur Sari District.

"The number of refugees is still being collected", he was quoted as saying by Antara, Saturday, April 10.

Meanwhile, in Malang, Blitar, Trenggalek, and Tulungagung, there have been no reports of residents displaced.

Related to the damage, he continued, BPBD some areas continue to do data collection in the field. Interim information, BPBD Tulungagung district informs the damage to the average house at the rate of minor damage.

Presented, the area of Trenggalek and Malang, damage to houses in the category of minor to moderate damage. While in Lumajang, Malang, and Blitar, the average damage level is mild to severe.

"BNPB continues to coordinate and monitor conditions at the disaster site by coordinating with BPBD in east Java province", he said.