Search Continues for Indonesia Quarry Collapse Victims, Death Toll at 17
The toll, as reported by the victims' families, is provisional, the agency said in a statement late on Saturday.
The site of Friday's collapse in Cirebon is dangerous and "does not meet safety standards for workers," West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi posted on Instagram.
The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said in a statement it would investigate the cause of the collapse and conduct an assessment to identify any potential further landslides.
Cirebon Regency is prone to soil movement, especially when precipitation is above normal, while the area of the collapse has a cliff slope, the chief of the ministry's geological agency, Muhammad Wafid, said in the statement.
Wafid said the undercutting method used in the open mining area and the steep slope may also have played a role in the collapse.
"While carrying out evacuation and search efforts, (rescuers) must pay attention to the weather and steep slopes, and not carry out activities during and after heavy rain, because this area still has the potential for further landslides that could hit or bury officers," Wafid said.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Al Arabiya
13 hours ago
- Al Arabiya
Indonesia deputy minister arrested as part of anti-graft probe, agency says
Indonesia's anti graft agency has arrested the country's deputy manpower minister and 13 other people in connection with an investigation into alleged extortion, the agency said on Thursday. Deputy minister Immanuel Ebenezer, a member of President Prabowo Subianto's party Gerindra, became the first member of Prabowo's cabinet to be arrested for graft. Prabowo, who was sworn in last October, has campaigned against corruption in and out of his government. Fitroh Rohcahyanto, the deputy head of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission, told Reuters that Immanuel's arrest was related to an investigation into allegations of irregularities in the ministry's issue of safety permits. He provided no other details. It was not clear if the deputy minister has been charged with any offence. Reuters was not immediately able to contact Immanuel's lawyer. A spokesperson for the agency said another 13 people had also been taken into custody in connection with the case. Yassierli, Indonesia's manpower minister who goes by one name like many Indonesians, told reporters on Thursday that Immanuel signed a document stating his willingness to resign if he is proven guilty, vowing improvements on safety permit issuance and calling the case 'a huge blow' to the ministry. Immanuel would be immediately replaced if found guilty, said Prasetyo Hadi, a presidential spokesperson. Last year, Indonesia was ranked at 99 out of 180 countries on global graft watchdog Transparency International's corruption perception index.
Al Arabiya
12-08-2025
- Al Arabiya
Magnitude of earthquake in Indonesia's West Papua revised higher to 6.5
An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Indonesia's West Papua region on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said, revising the figure higher from an earlier estimate of 6.1 magnitude. The quake was at a depth of 17 km (10.56 miles), it added.
Arab News
12-08-2025
- Arab News
Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Papua in eastern Indonesia: USGS
JAKARTA: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian region of Papua on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but a monitor said there was no tsunami threat. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at around 5:24 p.m. (0824 GMT), was around 193 kilometers northwest of the town of Abepura in Papua, USGS said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. USGS earlier gave a magnitude of 6.5 before revising it downward. The vast archipelago nation experiences frequent earthquakes due to its position on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire,' an arc of intense seismic activity where tectonic plates collide that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin. A magnitude 6.2 quake that shook Sulawesi in January 2021 killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless. In 2018, a magnitude 7.5 quake and subsequent tsunami in Palu on Sulawesi killed more than 2,200 people. And in 2004, a magnitude 9.1 quake struck Aceh province, causing a tsunami and killing more than 170,000 people in Indonesia.
