Indonesian rescue workers are racing to reach people still trapped under rubble after an earthquake devastated a West Java town a day earlier, killing at least 162 people and injuring hundreds. Meanwhile, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says no Taiwanese have so far been found to be among the casualties.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is sending its condolences and concern to Indonesia. Taiwan's representative office in Indonesia says there have been no reports of any casualties among Taiwanese nationals living in the country and it will continue to monitor the situation to provide assistance to affected Taiwanese nationals. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed more than 160 people and wounded hundreds in Indonesia's West Java province on Nov. 21. The epicenter was in the town of Cianjur, about 75 kilometers southeast of the capital, Jakarta. Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said 23 people were likely still trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. More than 2,200 houses were damaged and nearly 5,300 people had been displaced. Indonesia straddles the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire," a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the earth's crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes.
印尼今（22）日發生規模5.6的淺層地震，造成嚴重傷亡。外交部表示，根據掌握的消息，目前沒有接獲台僑或台灣人士傷亡的通報，駐處人員及眷屬都平安。尼也發生規模5.6地震162死、326傷，目前搜救人員仍想辦法拯救受困瓦礫堆下的百姓。
外交部強調，在地震發生後，亞東太平洋司立即致電駐台北印尼經濟貿易代表處，代表政府與人民，對印尼地震造成的傷亡與損失，表達誠摯慰問與關心。代表處則是對台灣的關心表達感謝。
