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GATEWAY TO INDONESIA  Information & Research Resources     Focus on Current Affairs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7   National and International Media Links INDONESIA MONITOR   Home  History Presidents Special Topics Country Profile Political Profile Economic Profile Cultural Profile  Maps  Books Site Map Contact Us Political Sukarno Years Political Parties Suharto Years Government Habibie Military A R Wahid Govt Profiles Megawati MPR Profiles International Relations Elections     MILITARY WIRANTO MILITARY PROFILES S B YUDHOYONO  ARMS SALES PRABOWO Please report broken links to webmaster     THE INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI DISASTER December 2004 1 2 3   BBC: Asia Tsunami warning system ready 06/28/06 BBC: Pacific States hold Tsunami test 05/17/26 BBC: 3 Earthquakes Map 04/10/05 BBC: Tsunami - Anatomy of a Disaster 03/27/05 BBC: At-a-glance - Countries hit 06/22/05 Impact: Indonesia sustained the worst human losses and physical damage in the tsunami and earthquake. More than 128,000 people died, while at least 37,000 others remain missing. The exact number of victims will probably never be known. Six months on, decomposing bodies and skeletons are still being found. About 500,000 people were made homeless.     Bloomberg: Indonesia's Aceh, Nias Reconstruction Projects Amount to $3 Bln 06/24/05 Time: Shaken Indonesia 04/18/05  CNN: Clinton tours ravaged Banda Aceh 05/30/05  IndonesiaRelief: Habitat to complete 10,000 Tsunami houses in 2 years 05/31/05 Clinton to visit Aceh May 30 05/28/05 BBC:  Clinton visits Aceh 05/30/05 CNN: Tourism still shaky following Tsunami 05/20/05  CNN: Travel slump hits Tsunami areas 05/25/05 BBC: Jakarta cuts Tsunami "missing persons" toll 04/09/05  CNN: Clinton aide lays out United Nations role 04/09/05 TimeAsia: Resurrection-How to spend the aid 03/28/05  CNN: Indonesia slashes Tsunami toll 04/09/05 IMPENDING 9.0 EARTHQUAKE WARNING   One year ago, October 01, 2003 Dr. Danny H. Natawidjaja, Indonesia Earthquake expert, warned that based on geological research a 9.0 Earthquake on the Richter Scale could be expected in the Mentawai island area, off West Sumatra. Therefore it was necessary that precautions be taken to prepare for such a major earthquake. The warning was issued in a meeting discussing geological conditions in the Street of Sunda held in the Auditorium of the Bandung Geological Museum October 1, 2003. Other speakers at the meeting were: Dr. Surono, Chief Subdirectorate Vulcanology & Mitigation and Dr. Hamzah Latief, Geologist of the Bandung Technological Institute (ITB). The three speakers agreed that geological data on several Indonesian locations formed the main basis of the projection that a major geological threat in the form of an Earthquake, Vulcano explosion or Tsunami could be expected. Dr. Danny Natawidjaja explained that cyclical seismic information showed that the top of the seismic cycle had been reached but that it was difficult to exactly project when the 9.0 Earthquake on the Richter Scale would occur. This article was published in the Jakarta Daily "KOMPAS" on October 2, 2003 with summary translation by Indonesia-Pusaka 12/31/04       Washington DC: President and Mrs George W Bush, Ex Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. Bush visit Indonesian Embassy to express their condolences 01/03/05             BBC: Asia quake disaster in pictures 12/25/04 BBC: Tidal waves flooded towns in the Indonesian province of Aceh, close to the epicentre of the quake 12/26/04 BBC pictures: Asian sea surges 12/27/04 BBC: Asia quake disaster pictures 12/28/04 BBC: Reporter's Log-Asia Disaster 12/28/04 BBC: Asia's Quake Disaster in-depth 12/28/04 BBC: How earthquakes happen 12/28/04 MSNBC: How scientistrs watch for killer waves 12/28/04  BBC: In Pictures-S.E. Asia struggles to cope BBC: In pictures- Traumatic search 12/29/04  Guardian: Disaster around the Indian ocean in pictures- Dec 2004 TIME: Deadly Wave photo gallery  TIME in-Depth: The Tsunami Jan 2005  Time Asia: Images from the Aftermath Feb 2005  TimeAsia: Photo Essay - Tsunami Indonesia Digitial Globe : Tsunami Aftermath in Pictures PhotoGallery: US response to Tsunami disaster     BBC: Tsunami Trail of Destruction   Guardian: Asia Quake Map - Where the Disaster struck December 2004   BBC: Indonesia's death toll surpasses 27,000 12/28/04 The centre of Banda Aceh has been devastated 12/28/04   NOAA reacts quickly to Indonesia Tsunami 12/26/04 NOAA: Tsunami Epicenter map 12/26/04  NY Times: Summary - Tsunami death by country 12/28/04 Filed 7.31 p.m. EST  NYTimes: Merciless Unpredictable, Quakes defy Seismologists 12/28/04 MSNBC: Disease fears rise as Tsunami Death toll rises to 63,000 12/28/04 - Updated 8.29 EST BBC in pictures: S.E. Asia reels at the scale of destruction 12/29/04  USA Today: Graphic -Tsunamis kill thousands in Asia  Time: Reading Room - Site with first person accounts and photos, maps  TIME: Tsunami Special Report 01/03/05  MSNBC: Special Report 01/04/05 CNN: Special Report Tsunami MSNBC: Areas hit by tidal waves 01/04/05 MSNBC: Deadliest earthquake since 1900 TIME: Race against time 01/09/05 NYT: Complete coverage - Asia's Deadly waves MSNBC: Asia's Deadly Tsunami 01/19/05 BBC: Tsunami effect felt one month on 01/26/05 BBC: Asia's Quake Disaster In-Depth 01/30/05 CNA: Tsunami Disaster - The Aftermath 02/13/05 The Asia Tsunami Disaster 2004 - Aggregated Sources 02/05  NIAS Inc: Asia Insights - Tsunami Disaster 02/05 AsiaMedia: Media Responses to the Tsunami and its Aftyermath 02/13/05 UN: Asia Tsunami Flash Appeal 2005 02/05 BBC: Overview - Aceh after the Tsunami 02/18/05  MSNBC: Asia's Deadly Tsunami 03/05 Slideshow: 2004 Indonesia Tsunami Assement trip  TIME-In-Depth : The Tsunami 03/28/05  PacCom: Operation Unified Assistance - US Relief effort   NYT: Indonesian officials have said that rebuilding the heavily damaged province of Aceh would cost $2.2 billion 01/14/05   MSNBC/Newsweek: How to help, where to send Donations 12/28/04 USA Today: How to help 12/28/04 Time: The Command Post - How to help 12/30/04 BBC: Asia Quake Relief Effort 01/02/05 Vital Supplies Air Drops Land Delivery Sea Relief TIME: A World of Help A TIME/CNN Poll on the Tsunami relief effort 01/31/05  CGI Jan 19-20, 2005: Preliminary damage and loss assessment Aceh & North Sumatra Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Master Plan April 2005  BBC At a Glance : Countries Hit 01/25/05  TSUNAMI DEATH TOLL  USAID: Fact Sheet 01/24/05   Country Estimated death Indonesia 166,320 Sri Lanka 38,195 India 16,383 Thailand 5,322 Somalia 298 Myanmar 90 Maldives 82 Malaysia 68 Tanzania 10 Bangladesh 2 Kenya 1 Estimated total 226,566 The numbers above include those with foreign passports killed while visiting the affected countries. Source: AP/MSNBC 03/28/05   Indonesia: at least 95,000 dead; 133,000 missing, presumed dead Sri Lanka: 31,000 dead; 5,637 missing India 10,744 dead; 5,640 missing (inc. Andaman and Nicobar islands): Thailand: 5,384 dead; 3,130 missing Somalia: approx. 150 dead Maldives: 82 dead; 26 missing Malaysia: 68 dead Burma: 59 dead (government figure) Tanzania: 10 dead Bangladesh: 2 dead Kenya: 1 dead Seychelles: 1 dead BBC: 01/25/05    MSNBC: Country Estimated deaths 226,566 01/19/05 1 Indonesia: 166,320 7 Maldives: 82 2 Sri Lanka: 38,195 8 Malaysia: 68 3 India : 16,383 (incl Andaman and Nicobar Isl) 9 Tanzania 10 4 Thailand: 5,322 10 Seychelles: 1 5 Somalia: 298 11 Bangladesh: 2 6 Myanmar 90 12 Kenya: 1 Estimated total 226,566 The numbers above include those with foreign passports killed while visiting the affected countries.  USAID Fact Sheet - Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunamis 01/24/05  CNN: Tsunami Deaths soar past 212,000 01/19/05 Guardian: Total number of deaths 01/11/05 Asia Tsunami, Quake Death Toll by Nation By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 9, 2005 Filed at 5:55 a.m. ET At least 150,637 people are reported dead in southern Asia and eastern Africa, most killed by massive tsunamis that smashed coastlines following an earthquake on Dec. 26. 1 Indonesia: 104,055 7 Maldives: 82 2 Sri Lanka: 30,718 8 Malaysia: 68 3 India ): 10,022 (incl Andaman and Nicobar Isl) 9 Tanzania 10 4 Thailand: 5,291 10 Seychelles: 1 5 Somalia: 298 11 Bangladesh: 2 6 Myanmar 90 12 Kenya: 1 BBC: Confirmed Death Tolls 01/02/05 1 Indonesia: 80,246 7 Maldives: 73 2 Sri Lanka: 28,627 8 Malaysia: 66 3 India ): 9,451 (incl Andaman and Nicobar Isl) 9 Tanzania 10 4 Thailand: 4,812 10 Seychelles: 1 5 Somalia: 142 11 Bangladesh: 2 6 Burma: 53 12 Kenya: 1   MSNBC: Tsunami fact Box 01/04/05 BBC: Indonesia - Mapping the destruction 01/06/08 Useful links United Nations International Red Cross S.E. Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog Red Cross Family links reunion website Tsunami Missing Persons Blog Global Tectonic Activity Map AlertNet: NGO's providing aid National Disaster Reference Database ReliefWeb Maps Wikipedia Indonesia Tsunami Information   ReliefWeb: Indonesia to review rebuilding plan after latest quake 03/30/05  TimeAsia: A Relief Report Card 03/28/05 MSNBC: Rescuers dig through quake rubble 03/29/05  BBC: New fears for tsunami-hit resorts 03/29/05 BBC: Indonesia outlines Tsunami Plan 03/28/05  MSNBC: Tsunami alert shows nations better prepared 03/29/05  BBC: New Asia quake warning 03/17/05  CNN: UN agency pulling out of Aceh 03/25/05 BillingsGazette: Former President Bush and Clinton tour Asia Tsunami sites 02/19/05 BBC: ExPresidents issue Tsnumai plea 02/19/05  USA Today: A weatherman for the world 02/15/04 Irrawaddy: Former US Presidents touring Tsunami-hit countries 02/19/05  BBC: Asian Tsunami warning system backed 01/20/05  Newsweek Photogallery: The world responds 01/17/05 Newsweek: Charity and Chaos 01/17/05 TIME Asia : Race against time 01/17/05 Time: Naming the dead 01/17/05 Time: Aid - How much will really go to the victims? 01/17/04 Time: The Children Orphaned by the Ocean 01/17/05  Time Special Report: Tsunami - The Aftermath 01/17/05 Time Special Report: Thailand's leader taking charge 01/17/05 TIME: Deadly wave - What causes a Tsunami?  CNN Science: Satellites measured killer Tsunami 01/10/05 Guardian: Lessons for life 01/12/05 CNN Science: Earth ringing like a bell after Tsunami 01/10/05  CBS: At times Tsunamis was only 2" high 01/11/05 Time Asia: Comforting strangers - Lessons from the world's generosity 01/10/05 Time Asia: Naming the dead- Grim task of identifying the victims 01/10/05 BBC: At a glance - Countries hit 01/08/05  BBC: Audio gallery: Tsunami Disaster 01/07/05 CBS: Scenes of chaos 01/07/05 BBC: Timeline-Asian Tsunami Disaster 01/07/05  BBC: Can quakes cause a chain reaction? 01/07/05 BBC: How aid is being distributed 01/06/05 Newsweek: Tide of Grief 01/04/05 Guardian: Why the UN needs International Rescue 01/04/05  CBS: Brainstorming on Tsunami warnings 01/04/05  BBC Analysis: Will early warning technology help in remote areas? 01/06/05   NYT: Asia's deadly waves 12/30/04 TIME Special Report: Sea of sorrow 01/02/05 CBS: History's deadliest Tsunami 12/31/04 BBC: Animated guide - How the Disaster happened 12/30/04 CNN Special Report: Waves of destruction 12/27/04 TIME: The drowned world 12/28/04       BBC: Timeline Tsunami disaster 01/07/05       UN News Centre: UN responds to Tsunami Disaster US Response to Tsunami Disaster in Indonesia 01/18/05 BBC: UN praises Tsunami relief effort 01/27/05 AGI and USGS provide unique tsunami disaster relief 01/18/05 Time: A remarkable job of averting epidemics 01/23/05  BBC: Diary - Awesome task in Sumatra 01/10/05  Guardian: Aid worker's Diary - We have too many bodies 01/12/05 UN family at work: pulling together for tsunami aid and recovery     BBC: Jakarta cuts Tsunami "missing persons" toll 04/09/05  BBC: Britain counts Tsunami human cost 04/15/05 BBC: Aceh foreign aid facing doubts 03/22/05  ReliefWeb: Ethnic Chinese back in business as Aceh rebuilds 04/05/05 CNN: Clinton and Bush - The recovery is just starting 02/20/05  BBC: Tsunami aid shortfall over 5 Billion 03/18/05 BBC Aceh refugees wary of move 02/16/05  CNN: Bush Clinton visit disaster area: Bush - "I have never seen anything like this in my life " 02/20/05 BBC: World Bank faces huge challenge in post-tsunami Aceh 02/14/05 TIME: Time to go back to the beach 02/14/05 Hunt for Tsunami patients as foreign medics overwelm Aceh 02/13/05 UCLA International Institute: : Tsunami Disaster Coverage 02/13/05  BBC: US to begin Aceh pull-out 02/03/04  BBC: Aceh aid operation changes gear 02/08/05 BBC: Trauma risk for Tsunami survivors 02/02/05 CNN: Australia affirms Aceh deal 02/02/05 CNN: UN - 800,00 need food in Aceh 02/01/05  CNN: Clinton named Head of Tsunami rebuilding 02/01/05 CNA: Death toll keeps climbing 01/31/05 CNA: Presumed death toll passes 286,000 01/31/05  CNN: US Navy surveying waters near Tsunami epicenter 01/27/05 BBC: Row ovr Tsunami warning system 01/30/05 BBC: Indonesia Quake Toll jumps again 01/25/05 TIME: Politics of Relief 01/24/05 Reuters: Political tensions threaten Aceh's recovery 01/22/05 TIME: Aceh - Rising from the rubble 01/24/05 Jakarta Post: Banda Aceh hospital has become most international hospital run by concerned multicultural doctors 01/22/05 Guardian: Tsunami cost Aceh a generation and 4.4 Billion 01/22/05 BBC: UN has adopted an action plan 01/22/05   BBC: Yudhoyono pledge to rebuild Aceh 01/21/05 MSNBC: Tsunami Death Toll rises above 225,000 - Indonesia confirms 50,000 additional deaths 01/19/05 MSNBC: Is there a Tsunami in your coffee cup? 01/19/05 MSNBC: Desparately seeking hope in tsunami Aftermath 01/18/05 ABCnews: Global Tsunami Death Toll tops 226,000 - 01/19/08 BBC: Aid worker's Diary - Personal Tragedies 01/17/05   BBC: Asia's Tsunami death toll soars 01/19/05 TIMEAsia: Politics of Relief 01/17/05 CNN: Tsunami Deaths soar past 212,000 01/19/05 TIME Asia: Aceh Special report - Rising from the rubble 01/17/05  US response to Tsunami disaster as of 01/18/05 TIME: Shock and Awe 01/17/05 TIME: When aid breeds suspicion 01/17/05 TIME Asia: America's Mission 01/17/05  Viewpoint: Aid workers - Treat them like Kings 01/17/05 ABConline: Special Authority to oversee Aceh reconstruction 01/18/05  BBC: Problems dog Aceh relief effort 01/18/05 Reuters: Indonesia to overhaul Tsunami relief operations 01/17/05   IHT: Curbing Indonesia's Army 01/18/05  ABCnet: Aceh rebuild to cost $5 Billion 01/17/05 Australian: SBY tells investors - Our worst disaster 01/17/05 CNN: Indonesia - No expelling aid troops 01/16/05 CNN: Doctors among victims 01/17/05 ABCnews: Death toll now exceeds 162,000 01/16/05 Reuters: US and Indonesia look to closer military ties 01/16/05 Guardian: Tsunami families in legal limbo 01/15/05 BBC: Jakarta denies foreign troops curb 01/16/05 Guardian: Aceh Camps sprayed to avert epidemics  SwissInfo: US tsunami efforts winning thanks 01/14/05 TheAge: Indonesia defends restrictions in Aceh 01/14/05 CBS: Muslim leaders warns Christian aid workers 01/14/05 BBC: Aceh man loses 300 relatives 01/14/05  Taipei Times: Aid workers must have army escorts 01/14/05 Courier Mail: UN appeal on Indonesia deadline 01/14/05 White House report: Iraq, Indonesia , US Economy 01/13/05 VOA: Bush-US troops making difference in Tsunami relief 01/13/05  BBC: Agencies accept travel tabs 01/13/05 VOA: US downplays rift with Indonesia over military aid efforts 01/13/05 Reuters: Paris Club agrees to debt freeze 01/12/05 Bloomberg: Indonesia revises death toll 01/11/05   NYT: US sees no friction with Indonesia on relief work 01/13/05 BBC: Nations urged to contribute more 01/11/05 BBC: Aceh man two weeks sea ordeal 01/11/05 CBS: Security fears in Tsunami zone 01/11/05 BBC: Indonesia restricts Aceh aid 01/11/05 CNN: Canada boosts aid to match US 01/10/05 MSNBC: Concern grows for relief workers 01/10/05  BBC: Aid flow helps Aceh recovery 01/10/05  CNN: Indonesia sees $3.2 billion debt freeze 01/10/05 BBC: Powell looks at Tsunami long haul 01/10/05 TheAge: Healing hands tend to Banda Aceh wounded 01/10/05 Time: Race against time 01/09/05 ABCnews: Indonesia death toll may hit 130,000 01/10/05 CNN: Aceh - Aid workers digging out flooded hospital 01/10/05 BBC: US Aid helicopter crashes in Aceh 01/10/05 Financial Times: Indonesia delays US Navy Aid mission 01/09/05 CNN: Spanish troops join aid effort 01/08/05  LA Times: Relief is hard to come by in Meulaboh 01/09/05 NYT: Asia Tsunami, Quake Death Toll by Nation 01/09/05 CBS: Signs of hope surface - Indonesia toll 104,000 01/09/05 BBC: Will Indonesia seize its chance? 01/08/05  BBC:: Tunami toll rises in Indonesia 01/08/05 BBC: Divisions hinder Indonesia's aid relief 01/08/05 MSNBC: Massive feeding aid program 01/08/05 TheAge: Acclaim for Australian aid 01/07/05 TheAge: Leaders unite to spend 5Billion aid 01/07/05 CBS: New bodies, Death Toll hits 147K 01/07/05 TheAge: generous package sets Australia apart 01/07/05 TheAge: VIPs hinder aid effort 01/07/05 MSNBC: Tsunami death toll soars to more than 147,000 - 01/07/05 NYT: Grateful for US aid 01/07/05  SMH: Yudhoyono-As nationy recovers, so must economy 01/07/05  BBC: Quake-How wil countries recover? 01/07/05 CBS: How to rebuild - Summit in Jakarta 01/07/05 CBS: Building refugee camps 01/07/05 CBS: Annan views utter destruction 01/07/05 CBS: Getting out the billions 01/07/05 BBC: Tsunami's salt threat to islands 01/07/05 CNN: Leaders view Tsunami devastation 01/07/05 BBC: Asia quake - Trace the missing 01/07/05 BBC: India-Tsunami costs hit $1.6 billion 01/07/05 CBS: Scenes of chaos 01/07/05 BBC: Annan shocked by destruction 01/07/05 BBC: Aceh orphans long wait  BBC: Tensions flar in quake countries 01/07/05 CBS: How to rebuild - Summit in Jakarta 01/06/05 CNN: Governments pledge more than $4 Billion 01/06/05 CNN: World leaders pledge tsunami aid 01/06/05 CNN: Tsunami relief group disbanded 01/06/05 CNN Special Report: After the Tsunami 01/06/05 CNN: Saudi telethon raises $77 million 01/06/05 CNN: Concern over radical relief group 01/06/05 CNN Special Report: Tsunami Disaster - The Children 01/06/05 BBC: Struggle to reach Aceh survivors 01/06/05   Guardian: Leaders promise tsunami system 01/06/05 MSNBC: Leaders pledge unprecedented global support 01/06/05 BBC: IMF assistance pledge 01/06/05 BBC: Summit under press scrutiny 01/06/05 BBC: Summit approves Tsunami warning 01/06/05 BBC: Aceh victims patience drying up 01/06/05 BBC: Donors discuss tsunami response 01/06/05  CNN: Annan - Urgent need for $977 milllion 01/06/05 SMH: Howard promises $1Billion in aid 01/06/05 The Age: Australian Aid sets the standard 01/06/05 LA Times: Relief conference begins amide swell of aid 01/06/05 Reuters: World leaders hold summit on Tsunami aid 01/06/05 Reuters: Tsunami death toll could double 01/06/05 Wired News: Word Leaders Summit on Tsunami Aid 01/06/05 Jakarta Post: World leaders united in crisis arrive in Jakarta 01/06/05  BBC: UN registers Aceh orphans 01/06/05 VOA: Tsunami Aid Donations grow ahead of Jakarta meeting 01/05/05 CBC: Powell - Destruction worse than wrought by war 01/05/05 FoxNews: UN - Aid nears $4 Billion 01/05/05  Jakarta Post: Indonesia has secured $800m in relief funds 01/06/05 BBC: Tsunami aid tops $3 Billion 01/05/05 LA Times: China maintains high donor profile 01/05/05 CNN: Australia boosts aid to $764 .5 million 01/05/05 MSNBC: One million homeless in Sumatra 01/05/05 CNN: Tsunami carnage shocks Powell 01/05/05  CNN: Pentagon sees need for more Tsunami help 01/05/05 BBC: Powell shock at Aceh destruction 01/05/05 CNN: US to double helicopter fleet 01/05/04 CBS: Powell horrified at Tsunami scene 01/05/05 NYT: Indonesia - Powel describes scenes of devastation 01/05/05