<p class="content-excerpt">A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia's main island Java</p> <div class="components"> <p>The number of people killed in an earthquake in Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday rose to 162, West Java governor Ridwan Kamil said.</p> <p>The governor of the worst-hit province had initially reported 56 deaths and more than 700 injured.</p> <div class="taboola-wrapper"> <div class=" trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_ab_mid-article-thumbnails_abp-mode "></div> </div> <p>"Data from the district head team – 56 people died and more than 700 injured. Because there are still a lot of people trapped on the scene, we assume injuries and fatalities will increase over time," Kamil told a news conference broadcast by&nbsp;<em>Kompas TV</em>.</p> <p>A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Java earlier on Monday with buildings damaged and a landslide triggered.</p> <p><a class="link" title="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/asia-pacific/1610683693-6-2-magnitude-quake-strikes-indonesia-killing-at-least-seven" href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/asia-pacific/1610683693-6-2-magnitude-quake-strikes-indonesia-killing-at-least-seven" _mce_href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/asia-pacific/1610683693-6-2-magnitude-quake-strikes-indonesia-killing-at-least-seven">The quake</a>&nbsp;was centered in the Cianjur region of West Java, according to the United States Geological Survey, and was felt as far away as the capital of Jakarta, where panicked residents ran into the streets.</p> <p>According to the authorities, as many as thousands of houses could have been damaged in the quake.</p> </div>