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Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by leito on 12-26-2004 at 10:21 PM
"Quake death toll nears 10,000
Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the planet in more than 40 years wiped out coastal areas across Asia as far as 1,000 miles away, killing almost 10,000 people. Most of the fatalities were in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India."
-CNN.com
This is sad, we should all pray for this people.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Choli on 12-26-2004 at 10:36 PM
it had 8.9 degrees in the ritcher scale (i dunno if i've written it correctly) which is a very very very hard earthquake.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Titty on 12-26-2004 at 10:45 PM
That's frightening. People were chaotic when Hurricanes in Florida happened. A small casualty compared to this new event... The damage there sounds horrible. I hope they recover well.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Jhrono on 12-27-2004 at 01:25 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Choli
it had 8.9 degrees in the ritcher scale
richter scale is from 0 to 9..i seen about that in tv..6 portuguese missing...11000 deaths i think...it's horrible...the tsunami speed was 900 km/h i think...i got fuck**' scared...
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by user27089 on 12-27-2004 at 01:27 AM
I read about this earlier this morning talking to Saral....
I'm just going to pray for the families of the victims of these quakes, its not a nice thought.. this is the reason why I would never live on a techtonic plate line thing.... (can't remember the correct terminology) ^_^...
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RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by saralk on 12-27-2004 at 11:58 AM
My aunt lives in Madras, and my Cousin lives in Bangalore. We know that my Cousin is ok, but I havent heard from my Aunt yet. 
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by user27089 on 12-27-2004 at 12:29 PM
I was listening to Radio 1, and there is a line that you can call to check that your family members are okay, maybe you should try and find that out...
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Kryptonate on 12-27-2004 at 12:38 PM
quote:normally lines like that are for people from (in your case) the UK to ask information about other inhabitants of the UK who are spending their holidays in an area where a disaster struck.
Originally posted by traxor
I was listening to Radio 1, and there is a line that you can call to check that your family members are okay, maybe you should try and find that out...
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by user27089 on 12-27-2004 at 12:47 PM
No, on Radio 1, it said, if you are worried about relatives in these countries, then you can fone '.........' and check to see if they're okay, I tried to get the number for Saral's sake, but it happened to fast...
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Rubber Stamp on 12-27-2004 at 12:56 PM
its in my country, i can feel the pain of the ppl...feel like crying...the death toll is 22000, 9500 in india, plz pray for them please.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by user27089 on 12-27-2004 at 01:02 PM
I will pray for them don't worry, I am praying for them, I have been since I heard the news of everything that happened, its really bad.. I feel very sorry for all of the families and stuff....
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by The Napster on 12-27-2004 at 01:07 PM
Yeah i herad about it on the news. It was the strongest Earthquake since 60 Years.
quote:
Originally posted by Kryptonate
quote:normally lines like that are for people from (in your case) the UK to ask information about other inhabitants of the UK who are spending their holidays in an area where a disaster struck.
Originally posted by traxor
I was listening to Radio 1, and there is a line that you can call to check that your family members are okay, maybe you should try and find that out...
Many countries have their own numbers, like Switzerland i know has, and Germany has their own. But its tough getting through as the lines are full.
Luckyly no-one i know went there, but i feel very sorry for the people who are there.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Kryptonate on 12-27-2004 at 01:20 PM
quote:I know, I just used the UK as an example because traxor is from the UK. Belgium has got its own line too.
Originally posted by The Napster
Yeah i herad about it on the news. It was the strongest Earthquake since 60 Years.
quote:
Originally posted by Kryptonate
quote:normally lines like that are for people from (in your case) the UK to ask information about other inhabitants of the UK who are spending their holidays in an area where a disaster struck.
Originally posted by traxor
I was listening to Radio 1, and there is a line that you can call to check that your family members are okay, maybe you should try and find that out...
Many countries have their own numbers, like Switzerland i know has, and Germany has their own. But its tough getting through as the lines are full.
Luckyly no-one i know went there, but i feel very sorry for the people who are there.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Rubber Stamp on 12-27-2004 at 01:30 PM
hey saralk, watch the news, they show the helpline no.(star news does, i saw the nos. yesterday)
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by John Anderton on 12-27-2004 at 01:56 PM
Saralk, Chennai is in a bit of a mess. Ya in the morn. papers here its written over 10000 dead. Tsunami's were awesome man. I saw some video's and it was like they were drifting away whole cars. They travel at such high speeds and my god do they cause destruction or what !!!
8.9 on the richter scale is the biggest quake in the last 40 years !!! The tsunami's were the 4th biggest of all time.
I'll pray for all ppl misssing and injured. Hope they'll be ok.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Choli on 12-27-2004 at 09:17 PM
quote:that's not exactly true. That scale measures the energy of the earthquake using logarithms *; that means that the more energy an earthquake has, the higher degrees in that scale, with no limit. However, 9 degrees is quite a lot and it's "nearly impossible" to have an eathquake so big.
Originally posted by johny
quote:
Originally posted by Choli
it had 8.9 degrees in the ritcher scale
richter scale is from 0 to 9..
* -> ie: each point more in that scale means an earthquake with 10 times more energy.
btw, i've heard on the radio a couple of hours ago that there are already 25000 deaths
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by user27089 on 12-27-2004 at 11:11 PM
Yeah, the whole death toll has moved up, and it is really quite sad, it doesn't help when I'm at my mates using aol, and the main window thing that starts up has pictures of loads of people weeping, its just horrible...
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Weyzza on 12-27-2004 at 11:35 PM
quote:And the 5th largest recorded earthquake.
Originally posted by The Napster
Yeah i herad about it on the news. It was the strongest Earthquake since 60 Years.
http://geology.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?z...ts/10maps_usa.html
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by azn angel on 12-28-2004 at 08:43 AM
didnt hit the area where my family is thankgod, they wouldnt have been prepared i mean the first earthquake in gujarat was pretty shocking.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by saralk on 12-28-2004 at 11:02 AM
we still havent heard from my family in India, were not sure if its because the unthinkable has happened or if it is because the phone lines are in a gridlock there. Weve been trying to get through and all we get are busy line tones.
Hoping it is the latter.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by John Anderton on 12-28-2004 at 12:08 PM
Hey i didn't know that Choli. But yah that is a huge quake !!! Hope for the best for the ppl there !!!
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by user27089 on 12-28-2004 at 12:18 PM
BBC News Information
CNN News Info
ITV News Info
As you can see, each one has different information about the places it hit, and some are more precise than others, its a really bad natural disaster, and I seriously feel for all of the families that have lost people, and the people who have lost their own homes, it must be terrible...
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Kryptonate on 12-28-2004 at 01:01 PM
it is exprected that there are more than 40000 who died.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by user27089 on 12-28-2004 at 01:22 PM
So far they know for a fact that around 25 000 people have died.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Kryptonate on 12-28-2004 at 01:33 PM
quote:
Originally posted by traxor
So far they know for a fact that around 25 000 people have died.
quote:
Originally posted by VRTNieuws
Een overzicht van de situatie dinsdagmorgen omstreeks 9 uur (cijfers Reuters):
Bangladesh: 2 doden
India: 11.499 doden
Indonesië: 7.042 doden en mogelijk tot 100.000 gewonden
Kenia: 1 dode
Maleisië: 65 doden en 218 gewonden
Malediven: 52 doden
Myanmar: 36 doden
Somalië: 38 doden
Sri Lanka: 18.706 doden
Tanzania: 10
Thailand: 1.473 doden en 7.000 gewonden
TOTAAL: 38.954 doden
the data is from Reuters and they're talking about 38954 deads
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsession...ws&storyID=7191565
the 25000 you're talking about are from Sri Lanka
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by John Anderton on 12-28-2004 at 01:43 PM
Thats really aweful. I heard the foll. on the news. There is a famous church in chennai, India where ppl from india go for every x'mas and this year since it was a saturday many (most) ppl stayed back so they could have fun there. As they went for sunday morn. mass the tsunami's struck. Just as i was thinking of it the father of the church said the exact same thing that of it hadn't been a week end most visitors would have gone.
Now the area around the church is like a mass graveyard with bodies all around under the broken trees and fallen buildings !!
Too sad. Just can't express my grief enough !
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by f1d0d1d08989 on 12-28-2004 at 02:00 PM
Shocked that it happened, and its so near...
I am living in Singapore, and its very lucky that it did not affected here. Or else I wouldnt know what I will be doing now. Just hope that the number not rise anymore...
Latest: AFP
quote:
Sri Lanka: 12,909
India: 8,523
Indonesia: 21,000
Thailand: 1,439
Malaysia: 65
Myanmar: 90
Maldives: 55
Bangladesh: 2
Somalia 100
Tanzania 10
Total: 44,193
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Kryptonate on 12-28-2004 at 02:05 PM
quote:sadly enough it will rise. Indonesia thinks it will have around 30 000 dead people
Originally posted by f1d0d1d08989
Shocked that it happened, and its so near...
I am living in Singapore, and its very lucky that it did not affected here. Or else I wouldnt know what I will be doing now. Just hope that the number not rise anymore...
Latest: AFP
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by John Anderton on 12-28-2004 at 02:33 PM
Really singapore being so close was spared but india, myanmar and even some countries in Africa were effected !!
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Kryptonate on 12-28-2004 at 02:52 PM
quote:Singapore is a bit protected from the sea by Malaysia and Indonesia
Originally posted by John Anderton
Really singapore being so close was spared but india, myanmar and even some countries in Africa were effected !!
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by f1d0d1d08989 on 12-29-2004 at 03:25 AM
No, but its actually Sumatra thats protecting us. Check out a world map and you will see what I mean...
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by John Anderton on 12-29-2004 at 10:36 AM
I just heard that the toll is upto 65,000 !!
Also the region has experienced 54 after tremors. There was a 6.0 quake on mon morning and quakes of 5.7 and 6.1 today and yesterday respectively. These last 2 quakes had their epicenters at the andaman and nicobar islands.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Kryptonate on 12-29-2004 at 01:03 PM
70 000 people are death so far and ten thousands are missing. 1 on the 3 is a child according to Unicef.
There's a video released from a dutch tourist in South-east Asia.
http://vrtnieuws.streampower.be/nieuwsnet_master/...index.html?video_3 (it's spoken in dutch)
Edit: sattelite images: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7198331 (then choose television on the left)
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Jonne on 12-29-2004 at 07:21 PM
and now over 80 000
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Purity on 01-20-2005 at 06:34 AM
Here are some satilite images
http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/2.html
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Pipish on 01-20-2005 at 07:03 AM
death toll has reached 250,000 how shocking 
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by FrozernFire on 01-20-2005 at 07:12 AM
quote:how lucky for both of us. and indonesia wants the foreign troops out in 3 months
Originally posted by f1d0d1d08989
No, but its actually Sumatra thats protecting us. Check out a world map and you will see what I mean...
. i mean, sure, they can survive by themselves, but a little extra help can do wonders
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Kryptonate on 01-20-2005 at 10:27 AM
quote:hm, over here they said 226 000 with the 50 000 extra from Indonesia.
Originally posted by Pipish
death toll has reached 250,000 how shocking
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Wabz on 01-20-2005 at 10:48 AM
Its an awful situation. A real shame people are over there. I think the worlds governments are being a bit ignorant though. The UK haven't even frozen those countries debts. Its shocking.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Kryptonate on 01-20-2005 at 10:56 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Wabz
Its an awful situation. A real shame people are over there. I think the worlds governments are being a bit ignorant though. The UK haven't even frozen those countries debts. Its shocking.
money rules the world and the rich West profits from the poor East, it has always been that way and it will always be that way I think.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by John Anderton on 01-20-2005 at 01:33 PM
I live in India and well in the andaman and nicobar islands ... ppl say that the topography has changed sice that unfateful day !!!!! There were over 120 quakes after it in the comming week of which many were bout 6 on the r. scale !!!! Also i read in the leading newspaper of india that the energy released in the quake / quakes was equivalent to 20+ bombs which were dropped on hiroshima and i heard that the world weather is also been effected. There was a lot of rain in the middle east or something but the weather has definately changed. I saw the movie day after tommorow a few weeks back and man i hope something like that doesn't happen.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by FrozernFire on 01-21-2005 at 03:35 AM
yes the weather have changed. land size and shape changed in indonesia by a lot. aceh is actually now a tad smaller since water covered it. now they are worrying that the fault line south of the epicentre on dec 26 is stressed, so maybe in the next 10-20 years, another big earthquake will happen
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by Purity on 01-21-2005 at 04:08 AM
quote:I figure that the world is near it's end, it's at it's final disaster, "in the bible it says that, 3 major wars will happen, one is a 10 year world war, and how long has this war being going on...WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!! HES TERMINATING US!! dun dun dun!
Originally posted by John Anderton
I live in India and well in the andaman and nicobar islands ... ppl say that the topography has changed sice that unfateful day !!!!! There were over 120 quakes after it in the comming week of which many were bout 6 on the r. scale !!!! Also i read in the leading newspaper of india that the energy released in the quake / quakes was equivalent to 20+ bombs which were dropped on hiroshima and i heard that the world weather is also been effected. There was a lot of rain in the middle east or something but the weather has definately changed. I saw the movie day after tommorow a few weeks back and man i hope something like that doesn't happen.
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by John Anderton on 01-21-2005 at 07:30 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Skin Ticket
I figure that the world is near it's end, it's at it's final disaster, "in the bible it says that, 3 major wars will happen, one is a 10 year world war, and how long has this war being going on...WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!! HES TERMINATING US!! dun dun dun!
Skin ticket: aka Doomsday predictor. C'mon all u can do is hope for the best man. You have to have faith and think positively. In that way the world can end in neway by a big meteor shower or something but can we do anything about it (well except the stunt in armegeddon). All you can do is hope everything will go well.
Hopefully we will get thru and man must learn from his mistakes and try to help nature instead of destroy it. Newayz enough said. We will find out whats gonna happen in a few years
[sarcasm - jokingly] Till then all ya guyz go to church or neother place of worship and pray to god this doesn't happen [/sarcasm - jokingly]
RE: Quake death toll nears 10,000 [CNN.com] by FrozernFire on 01-21-2005 at 11:54 AM
i think not. there are other much more destructive disasters and wars. in history there are bigger earthquakes causing a bigger death toll. and since the 2 world wars, there is no other worldwide scruffles. if you go by the bible's defination of doomsday, it's happening over and over again :/