Last week a 7.5 earthquake hit Indonesia, 940 miles from the capital of Jakarta. The death toll has been climbing everyday with the official estimate at 844 as of October 1st from the . Other sources since that reporting have now put the .
Thousands of people have been displaced with countless homes destroyed, after the earthquake and tsunami struck unsuspecting people when the Indonesian to go off. The Indonesian Red Cross has distributed 70 tons of supplies including water trucks and food. are working exceptionally hard to access people trapped under debris as the window for saving them closes.
Natural Disaster
Indonesian Earthquake By the Numbers
