'44 dead' after earthquake sparks landslide and buildings collapse
The country's meteorological agency warned residents to watch out for more tremors.
Mayadita Waluyo, a 22-year-old lawyer, described how panicked workers fled for the exits in the capital as the quake struck."I tried to do nothing to process what it was but it became even stronger and lasted for some time. The country of more than 270 million people is often struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis due to its location on the Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.
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