Earthquake hits Indonesia, killing more than 50 people and injuring 700, with tower blocks swaying for a terrifying three minutes in capital Jakarta
- Magnitude 5.6 quake struck Indonesia's main island of West Java on Monday
- At least 56 people have died and 700 are hurt, mostly in the town of Cianjur
- Shallow quake - which tend to be more destructive than deeper quakes - triggered a landslide and caused many buildings to collapse
- Tremor also caused buildings to sway in Jakarta, as people ran into the streets
Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Indonesia's main island on Monday.
At least 56 were killed and 700 hurt after a shallow tremor hit West Java near the town of Cianjur, around 45 miles south of the capital Jakarta, at 1.21pm local time.
The quake triggered a landslide and collapsed buildings in hard-hit Cianjur - where most of the deaths were reported - but also shook tower blocks in Jakarta for three terrifying minutes as people rushed on to the streets.
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