Powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit Indonesia on September 28, 2018. Few hours later, a tsunami struck Palu, Indonesia and kills 384 and its still counting.
The shallow 7.5 magnitude tremor was more powerful than a series of quakes that killed hundreds on the Indonesian island of Lombok in July and August.
Indonesian president Joko Widodo said the military was being called in to the disaster-struck region to help search-and-rescue teams get to victims and find bodies.
Earlier, the head of the country's search and rescue agency Muhammad Syaugi told Agence France-Presse that local staff had found "many" dead bodies.
"We're particularly concerned about the impact of the earthquake on children, who are more vulnerable to being swept away in tsunamis," said Tom Howells, NGO Save the Children's Program Implementation Director.
People living hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter reported feeling the massive shake, which came hours after a smaller jolt killed at least one person in the same part of the country.
The quake hit just off central Sulawesi at a depth of 10 kilometers just before 1100 GMT – early evening in Sulawesi – the US Geological Survey said. Such shallow quakes tend to be more destructive.
The shallow 7.5 magnitude tremor was more powerful than a series of quakes that killed hundreds on the Indonesian island of Lombok in July and August.
Indonesian president Joko Widodo said the military was being called in to the disaster-struck region to help search-and-rescue teams get to victims and find bodies.
Earlier, the head of the country's search and rescue agency Muhammad Syaugi told Agence France-Presse that local staff had found "many" dead bodies.
"We're particularly concerned about the impact of the earthquake on children, who are more vulnerable to being swept away in tsunamis," said Tom Howells, NGO Save the Children's Program Implementation Director.
People living hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter reported feeling the massive shake, which came hours after a smaller jolt killed at least one person in the same part of the country.
The quake hit just off central Sulawesi at a depth of 10 kilometers just before 1100 GMT – early evening in Sulawesi – the US Geological Survey said. Such shallow quakes tend to be more destructive.
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