Indonesia’s disaster agency said 2,549 people have suffered major injuries while 70,821 people have been displaced across 141 sites.
The major earthquake struck the mountainous region of Donggala in the west coast of Sulawesi island at 3pm local time last Friday, triggering a 5.4m-high tsunami that devastated the city of Palu.
One mudslide, created by the earthquake, is known to have killed 34 Indonesian students who were buried under a church in the city as the quake hit.
An estimated 200,000 survivors are in need of humanitarian aid and thousands are believed to have perished.
About 2.4 million people are estimated to have been affected by the natural disasters in Central Sulawesi, according to Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Authority (BNPB)
Where are the victims located?
The areas worst affected by the earthquake and tsunami are Palu, Donggala and Sigi.
Palu, where massive waves came ashore as people celebrated a festival on the beach, is where the majority of deaths have been recorded so far.
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But the loss of life in Donggala and other remote areas remains unknown because of a loss of communications and roads either blocked or destroyed.
Donggala had a population of 227,620 people at the time the earthquake struck.
BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the major roads to Palu’s south, east and west were now open but little was known about the road north, nearer to the earthquake’s epicentre.
Abdul Haris of the national search and rescue agency told a news conference: “There’s no data”, when asked about the settlements lining the road.
BNPB estimates about 66,328 houses may have been damaged, with 99.2 percent of them located in Central Sulawesi Province.
About 2,403 buildings in Palu were destroyed while 2,010 houses were classed as “partially damaged”.
Is international aid starting to get through?
BNPB is co-ordinating rescue and relief efforts with international assistance with 29 countries offering assistance, 17 of those offering “a concrete type of assistance”.
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) launched its Indonesia Tsunami Appeal today urging people to donate either online, by phone or text.
DEC chief executive Saleh Saeed said: ”As the full scale of the disaster unfolds, they are providing emergency relief and are ready to help devastated communities to rebuild their lives.
“There is an urgent need for clean drinking water, food, medical care and shelter.
“Please give generously and let’s save the survivors.”