Death toll in latest Indonesian earthquake and tsumani rises to 305 with another 431 injured.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Posted: 0842 GMT (1642 HKT)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- The death toll from a major earthquake off the southwest Java coast and the tsunami that followed climbed quickly Tuesday as the Indonesian Department of Social Affairs pegged the death toll at 305 people, with another 431 injured.

"We are mobilizing all our national and provincial resources to the area to handle the injured," said Dino Djalal, a spokesman for Indonesia's president.

The government agency also said 115 people were missing and more than 35,000 displaced, following the natural disaster. Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed.

Most of the deaths are believed to have been caused by the tsunami. Monday's quake generated waves up to 10 feet high. >>>cont

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