Bandung, April 29 -- At least 267 houses were reportedly affected by the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled Garut District, West Java Province, on Saturday (April 27) evening, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) stated.

"As of Monday at 4 a.m. local time, we have recorded 267 affected houses in total," Head of BNPB's Center for Disaster Data, Information, and Communication, Abdul Muhari, noted in the agency's statement received in Bandung on Monday.

Muhari remarked that the regional disaster mitigation agencies (BPBDs) of quake-hit regions had been working to assess the extent of damage and identify other impacts of the earthquake.

According to Muhari, the BNPB has registered eight severely damaged houses, 56 houses with ...