Venezuela would donate a total of $10 million in financial aid to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami, even though the country itself was facing a crisis. The Spanish Government sent 255 tents worth of €265,000 and stated that it had allocated a total of €200,000 through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and €100,000 through non-governmental organization Save the Children. Turkish Government sent two Hercules C-130 aircraft carrying 1,000 sleeping bags, 250 tents and Turkish Red Crescent personnel. Residents in Switzerland set up donation for the victims of the earthquake, with hotlines reportedly set up in the city of Zurich, Geneva, Lugano and Chur. A total of $6.25 million were collected from the public. Swiss News Agency reported that 900 kg of aids and 5 experts were also sent to Sulawesi. The Salvation Army's Indonesia Emergency Services Team was activated in response and worked to assess the damage and needs of those injured or displaced by the tsunami. The United Kingdom's defense secretary announced that they were to send a RAF A400M Atlas aircraft, a team of military experts, and , and make £2m of aid available for the relief effort. Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations sent mobile electro-stations and other humanitarian aid. The CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, stated that Google would donate a total of $1 million for the relief effort and would activate the SOS alert in Palu and Donggala. Apple Inc. also offered to provide financial aid. Both WhatsApp and Facebook donated $1 million to the government of Indonesia. Aid deliveries to affected areas are hampered by the vast destruction of the local infrastructure. Most roads are severely damaged and Palu's local airport does not have the capacities to handle the large influx of material, leading to severe delays in aid distribution across the region. Aftermath A month after the quake, 206,524 people had been made refugees. By April 2020, thousands were still without housing or hospital facilities, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. See also 2022 West Java earthquake 2021 West Sulawesi earthquake 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami 1968 Sulawesi earthquake 1996 Sulawesi earthquake List of earthquakes in 2018 List of earthquakes in Indonesia 1692 Jamaica earthquake (major concurrent landslide) References Further reading External links Seismic details at Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology EMSR317: Earthquake in Indonesia (damage grading maps) – Copernicus Emergency Management Service 2018 earthquakes September 2018 events in