Eight killed in Indonesian quake Top Story April 12, 2021 MALANG, East Java: Indonesian President Joko Widodo Sunday ordered swift rescue and relief efforts after eight people died in an earthquake that hit off southern Java Island. Three others were badly injured in Saturday's magnitude-5.9 quake and more than 1,180 buildings were damaged, most of them slightly, the disaster agency BNPB said. Some houses were flattened, images in Indonesian media showed. Two shelters for the displaced have been set up in the town of Lumajang, says a UK-based international wire agency. All of the casualties were reported in 15 districts and cities in East Java, the closest province to the epicentre of the quake, which struck in the Indian Ocean.