On Tuesday, October 26, 2010, in the lands of Indonesia, two natural disasters occurred relatively in the same time. The first, an earthquake that occurred in the west of Sumatra Island, was a 7.7 magnitude quake that caused a tsunami.
The tsunami slammed all the nearby island into parts of the Mentawai Islands. This tsunami killed 113 civilians, left 1000’s homeless, and at least 100 missing. The earthquake occurred along the same fault that produced a 9.1 earthquake around 6 years ago. The earthquake at that time caused a tsunami that killed an estimate of 230,000 people around the Indian Ocean. At the same time, 800 miles to the east of the earthquake epicenter, a volcano erupted in the island of Java. Several thousands of civilians fled their homes, when the earthquake started to erupt. Luckily, only ten people got injured, mainly through severe burns, but one infant did die of smoke inhalation.
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