Toll tops 300 in Indonesia earthquake

The death toll from an earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Java island early this week rose to at least 310 on Friday after rescuers found more bodies under landslides. At least 24 people remain missing.

Bodies were recovered in two areas of mountainous Cianjur district where landslides triggered by Monday’s quake unleashed tons of mud, rocks and debris, said Henri Alfiandi, chief of the National Search and Rescue Agency.

More than 1,400 rescuers have been searching the rubble since the magnitude 5.6 quake, which injured more than 2,000 people.

The disaster agency said the earthquake damaged at least 56,000 houses and displaced at least 36,000 people. Hundreds of public facilities were destroyed, including 363 schools.

Monday’s quake was shallow and shook a densely populated area that lacks earthquakeresistant infrastructure.

Rangga Firmansyah/Associated Press A resident of Cianjur, Indonesia, walks on the rubble of houses that were shattered by Monday’s 5.6 magnitude earthquake.