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chinapage · Last edited by chinapage on Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:01 pm; edited 5 times in total

A very huge earthquake with a magnitude of perhaps 8.1 hit
the Indian Ocean and caused great damages and loss of many lives in
several countries. Details are yet unknown.

Earthquake occured on December 23, 2004 10 am. New York time (EST)

The earthquake produced a large tidal wave (tsunami) of extremely
destructive powers.

Preliminary report at:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/ussjal/

http://www.chinapage.com/science/tidalwave.html

chinapage · Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:50 pm Post subject:

Death toll may reach 4,000 or more.

http://www.takungpao.com/news/2004-12-26/MW-346596.htm

http://www.chinapage.com/science/tidalwave.html

chinapage · Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:55 pm Post subject:

The US Geological Survey said the earthquake registered west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra measured 8.9 on the Richter scale.

chinapage · Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:50 pm Post subject:

By now, (Sunday afternoon 7:50 pm in New York), the reported death
toll has increased to over 12,000.

The intensity of the earthquake is also reportedly higher than first
reported.
It is the biggest earthquake in 40 years.

Here is another map showing the location of the earthquake.

chinapage

Tsunami Kills 21,000 in Nine Countries

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=362437

Fresh tremors

Fresh tremors that hit the Andaman islands early on Monday registered up to 6.0 on the Richter scale, said HP Shukla, meteorologist at the Indian meteorological department.
December 27,2004

chinapage

Asia Tsunami Death Toll May Pass 100,000

Each day the death toll goes up.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia Dec 30, 2004 — Residents fled coasts in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand after warnings of possible new tsunamis Thursday, and pilots in Indonesia dropped food to cliff-ringed villages yet to be visited by outsiders four days after the quake-and-wave disaster. The Red Cross feared the death toll across 11 nations would top 100,000.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=370716

chinapage

Friday, December 31, 2004
Death toll from tsunami disaster nears 120,000

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - As the death toll from the earthquake-tsunami catastrophe soared to nearly 120,000, nations donated US$500 million (euro370 million) toward the world's largest-ever relief effort, but U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said even more would be needed.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/12/31/latest/20486Deathtoll&sec=latest

chinapage · Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:24 pm Post subject:

US pledges $350m in tsunami aid

December 31,2004.

The US plans to boost to $350m the funds being made available to help survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami which claimed more than 124,000 lives.
It is a ten-fold increase on an initial pledge attacked by critics as meagre. It is also the largest pledge so far.

The announcement came just before talks between senior US and UN figures on co-ordinating the foreign aid effort.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4138763.stm

chinapage · Last edited by chinapage on Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:03 pm; edited 1 time in total

Saturday national day of mourning for tsunami dead; Pettigrew declares for Canada.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/Tsunami/2005/01/07/824747-cp.html

chinapage

Asia Tsunami Death Toll Passes 150,000

January 8, 2005.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia Jan 8, 2005 — Two weeks after a tsunami slammed into coastlines around the Indian Ocean, thousands of bodies were still being pulled out of the mud in remote villages, as the official death toll from the catastrophe rose above 150,000.

In a rare positive note, the World Health Organization said no major disease outbreaks have been reported in the crowded camps where millions have sought refuge after losing everything.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=395058

chinapage · Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:19 pm Post subject: Map of Hai Xiao destruction

Map of Hai Xiao Destruction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/world/04/asia_quake/quake_maps/html/1.stm

chinapage · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:35 pm Post subject: Death toll reached 168,000

The death toll is 168,000 as announced today.

chinapage · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:29 pm Post subject: Death tolls at 175,000

Death tolls at 175,000

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=655633