The death toll from Monday's earthquake in Indonesia rose to 268 as several more bodies, including many belonging to school children, were recovered from collapsed buildings on Tuesday.
There was an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 in West Java, Indonesia.
The updated death toll is higher than the previous one, with more than 150 people still missing.
More than 1000 people have been hurt.
The town of Cianjur, located 75 miles south of the national capital Jakarta, was hit the hardest by the earthquake on Monday.
Many of the bodies being recovered are children who were killed when their school buildings collapsed as the earthquake hit the region.
Rescuers are not able to bring in heavy machinery because of the earthquake damage.
The Indonesian President visited Cianjur on Tuesday to see the damage. He said that he had ordered all levels of the government to help in the aftermath of the earthquake. In order to make sure that access roads that were closed due to the earthquake have reopened, he traveled by land route.
A sum of 50 million dollars. The amount of money the government will give each resident is pledged by the president.
One of the most active tectonic and volcanic regions of the world, known as the "Ring of Fire", is located in Indonesia and is prone to earthquakes. At least 25 people were killed and major damage was done when a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Sumatra, one of the five major islands in Indonesia. More than 100 people died in an earthquake on the island of Sulawesi last year.
There are many school children who died in the Indonesian earthquake.
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