“Most of the casualties are children because at 1pm, they were still at school,” said Henri Alfiandi from the National Search and Rescue Agency.

Aprizal Mulyadi was imprisoned after “the room collapsed” while attending class when the earthquake struck.

The 14-year-old claimed his “legs were buried in the rubble,” but his companion Zulfikar, who eventually perished after becoming trapped himself, pulled him to freedom.

The governor claimed that dozens of refugee camps had been established nearby and that at least 58,000 people have been evacuated. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency, which estimated that 22,000 dwellings had been damaged, was referenced by the speaker.

Landslides caused by the earthquake buried entire settlements.

In Cibereum, a family’s 28-year-old son died when his house fell. His family survived since they were on a higher floor.

“We must remove the victim’s second-floor concrete. The body is there “Tuesday, Sergeant Payakun told media.

President Joko Widodo was spotted with responders in the disaster zone.

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Mr Kamil said the government will repair damaged houses and warn “vulnerable” residents not to build there.

Indonesia, in the Pacific’s “ring of fire,” is prone to earthquakes.

In 2018, an earthquake on Sulawesi killed more than 2,000 people.

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