Asia quake death toll tops 4,700

Sazar · 12-26-04, 02:05 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...ake/index.html

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Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the planet in more than 40 years wiped out coastal areas across Southeast Asia as far as 1,000 miles away, killing more than 4,700 people.

Most of the deaths were in Sri Lanka and India.

The initial quake, measuring 8.9 in magnitude, struck about 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island around 7 a.m. Sunday (0000 GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.

It is the fifth largest earthquake in recorded history, according to the NEIC. The measurements have been taken since 1899.

Sri Lankan military authorities are reporting more than 2,400 people killed, most of them in the eastern district of Batticaloa. Several districts in the country's south have still not reported casualty figures, and authorities fear the death toll could rise.

scary scenario...

my parents live off the coast of africa and they got slammed by tsunami's there

fortunately everyone is ok but the phone lines are shot... I barely managed to get 5 mins in before the phone cut out... thankfully they confirmed they were safe... our house over there is right on the sea-shore but it was the other side of the main island the got hit...

hopefully south-east asia and the sub-continent will not suffer too long from this and the after-effects will be limited...

gotta go make a donation now when places open up tomorrow...

GlowStick · 12-26-04, 02:45 PM

Wow, you live quite far away from your parents!

Hope they have luck with getting everything back to normal over there!

superklye · 12-26-04, 03:40 PM

I just heard a report that the death toll has broken 11,000.

Sazar · 12-26-04, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GlowStick

Wow, you live quite far away from your parents!

Hope they have luck with getting everything back to normal over there!

yah they live half way round the world

fortunately the flooding was limited to the main town area and some of teh beach resorts... other than that not much going on there...

thankfully...

and no one died or was injured though my favorite pizza joint was washed away

Riptide · 12-26-04, 08:32 PM

Did anyone manage to get a picture of these tsunamis?

peeon · 12-26-04, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Riptide

Did anyone manage to get a picture of these tsunamis?

http://sify.com/news/imagegallery_sl...iew=%20target=

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?p=n...l&ns=&l=&m=&c=

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=134017&cid=11184801

Mostly aftermath shots, but bbc world had videos of the waves coming in.

peeon · 12-26-04, 09:17 PM

These might be the bbc videos. I cannot download atm...since I am on dialup.

9 meg short version
http://files.headru.sh/files/asian_earthquake.divx

105 meg long version
http://files.headru.sh/files/asian_earthquake_long.divx

-=DVS=- · 12-26-04, 11:40 PM

Whoa

scary , i live in CA near San Francisco made me thinking one day giant tsunami might hit us also

LiquidX · 12-27-04, 02:32 AM

Sad, over 13,000 dead.

superklye · 12-27-04, 03:05 AM

I can't wait to find out how the Democrats will blame this on Bush.

**MUYA** · 12-27-04, 03:06 AM

stay on topic. PERIOD

**MUYA** · 12-27-04, 03:37 AM

Superkyle. I will not ask again. Have a little respect.

12-26-04, 02:45 PM	#2
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superklye Registered user Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MKE Posts: 18,505	Re: Asia quake death toll tops 4,700 I just heard a report that the death toll has broken 11,000.

12-26-04, 08:32 PM	#5
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12-26-04, 09:17 PM	#7
peeon * Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: IL Posts: 163	Re: Asia quake death toll tops 4,700 These might be the bbc videos. I cannot download atm...since I am on dialup. 9 meg short version http://files.headru.sh/files/asian_earthquake.divx 105 meg long version http://files.headru.sh/files/asian_earthquake_long.divx

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LiquidX xxxxxxx Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York Posts: 2,792	Re: Asia quake death toll tops 4,700 Sad, over 13,000 dead.

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superklye Registered user Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MKE Posts: 18,505	Re: Asia quake death toll tops 4,700 I can't wait to find out how the Democrats will blame this on Bush.

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