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February
2005
Volume 8 - Number 1 |
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Chronology of events concerning the tsunami disaster By Nick Lawyer Reports of massive
earthquake near northern Indonesian Initial casualty report: 2500 dead. United States Geological Survey notes several aftershocks felt at 7.3 magnitude. Magnitude of quake recalculated at 8.9 on open-ended Richter Scale (3) ----Monday,
December 27th---- Death toll climbs
to 11,800 reported by Multiple aid teams from the EU arrived in several South Asian countries. USGS calculates magnitude at 9.0. This will be their final interpretation of seismograph data. (4) 16 European Nations begin to pledge financial aid. The World Bank estimates that several billion dollars in aid will be necessary. The US State Department states it is still looking at ways to help. A Disaster Assistance Recovery Team from USAID is dispatched (5) Tide gauge in The Italian National Geophysics Institute states that it has found a lasting vibration and a disturbance in the Earth’s rotation. (6) ----Tuesday,
December 28th---- Death toll increases to 23,000. (4) Egeland, head of the UN relief operations, is quoted as saying local relief agencies have displayed “remarkable resilience,” but that “it is beyond me why [rich countries] are so stingy.”(4) ----Wednesday,
December 29th---- Death toll rockets to 77,000 and could push over 100,000. (8) ----Thursday,
December 30th---- Death toll at 116,000. (1) Aid Breakdown US - $35m Private donations in US rises over $4.5 million (1) ----Friday,
December 31st ---- Death toll expected to surpass 150,000 (8) Amid
“one-upmanship” many countries in the EU double their
relief efforts, over $500m pledged world wide.(9) The
---- US pledges $350
millions in relief including 12,000 military
personnel, global pledges reach $2 billion. Secretary
of State Colin Powell departs for The liberation
guerrilla movement the Tamil Tigers, from Northern
and ----Thursday, January 6th ---- International aid reaches $3.7 billion (4) ----Sunday, January 9th ---- US military efforts underway in region costing $5.6 million per day, including 13,000 personnel, 20 warships, and 90 aircrafts. (1) Following reports
of numerous attacks on victims in ----Monday, January 10th---- NASA’s Jet
Propulsion Laboratory officially notes that the
earthquake moved the North Pole 1 inch in the direction of 145 degrees
East,
shortened each day by 2.68 microseconds, and decreased the Earths
oblateness by
0.000 000 01% . (11) ----Tuesday,
January 11th---- Schools in ----Wednesday, January 12th---- UN officially receives $300 million of pledged aid from world donors. $700 million expected within one week. Total pledged $4 billion (4). ----Thursday, January 13th---- Amidst recovery
efforts, concerns about child trafficking in ----Friday, January 14th---- ----Saturday, January 15th----- Tsunami toll still
climbing now at 177,000 dead, authorities
in ----Monday,
January 17th---- The UN issues a
travel ban for it’s staff in ----Tuesday, January 18th---- The UN lifts its
travel ban in ----Thursday, January 20th---- Tsunami death toll could reach 220,000 across the 11 nations affected by the earthquake. Officials fear a realistic number may never be determined. (1) ----Sunday, January 23rd---- ----Monday, January 24th---- With up to 700,000
still displaced, and critical water and
sanitation issues facing their department of health, Alwi Shibab,
minister for
social welfare in ----Tuesday, January 25th---- Death toll reaches 260,000 and climbing by 1,500 daily. (15) Sources: 1. New York Times 2.
The Times of 3.
Weekend
Edition. NPR. 4. Wall Street Journal 5.
6.
All Things
Considered. NPR. 8.
CBS Evening News
with Dan Rather. CBS.
9. www.cnn.com 10.
11.
NASA details
earthquake affects on earth. NASA news
release. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0501/10earthquake/ Viewed 12.
13.
14. National Post 15. AP Bullitin 16. Xinhua News Agency 17. Kyodo World News Service |