Earthquake topples buildings and kills ‘at least 162’ on Indonesia’s Java island

Earthquake survivors are treated outside of a hospital in Cianjur, West Java (AP)

A strong, shallow earthquake has toppled buildings and collapsed walls on Indonesia’s densely populated main island of Java, killing at least 162 people and injuring hundreds more.

Emergency workers treated the injured on stretchers and blankets outside main hospitals, on terraces and in car parks after the magnitude 5.6 tremor.