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EXPLAINER: Why was Indonesia's shallow quake so deadly?

People stand near a building damaged in Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia on November 22, 2022. [AP Photo]

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 260 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia's main island of Java.

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