Earthquake and Tsunami in Central Sulawesi, Broken Telecommunications Network

Photo: CNBC Indonesia

The Ministry of Communication and Information stated that the telecommunications network in Donggala, Central Sulawesi and surrounding areas could not be operated because PLN's electricity supply was cut off.

As is known, Donggala was rocked by the 7.7 on the Richter scale earthquake this afternoon at 17.02 WIB.


Plt. The Head of Public Relations Bureau of the Ministry of Communication and Information, Ferdinandus Setu, said there were 276 base stations that could not be used based on monitoring until 18:00 WIB.

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Following this, he continued, telecommunications operators are trying to restore electricity supply by using Mobile Backup Power (MBP) while waiting for the recovery of the PLN electricity network.

"Minister of Communication and Information Rudiantara has assigned the Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency [BAKTI] to send 30 satellite telephone units to support coordination of disaster management in Donggala and its surroundings," he said in a written statement on Friday (09/28/2018).

Photo: Victims of the Donggala Earthquake (twitter @BNPB_Indonesia)

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Ferdinandus said the Ministry of Communication and Information and the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) had previously sent earthquake information via SMS to cellphone users in the Donggala and surrounding areas on Friday since 14.09 WIB.

The SMS Blast was sent 7 times, and a tsunami early warning SMS was sent at 17.02 WIB.

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