Indonesia Earthquake

From Kurpalo
A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake striked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Monday. The country is positioned where three tectonic plates meet. It killed two people and left thousands homeless. One individual was killed by a collapsing wall. In 2004, Indonesia was the hardest hit country by earthquakes, killing 200,000 people. After all these instances they created a system that can detect an earthquake at sea in five minutes and see if it could cause a tsunami. This cost them over $130 million. The President even said that the country was "living on the edge." The economy is greatly suffering because of all the natural disasters constantly hitting the country.