A 7.4 SR earthquake hit Donggala City, Central Sulawesi on Friday (28/9) evening. By Indonesian Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), this disaster was categorized as shallow earthquake and was potentially followed by tsunami. Three minutes after the earthquake, 1.5 to 3 meters height tsunami swept Palu, Donggala and Mamuju City to hundred meters. This destroyed all of the buildings, broke the telecommunication network, shut the electricity, and, based on report by Head of Indonesian Information Data and Public Relation Center (BNPB) on Sunday (30/9), killed 832 and injured 799 people.
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