Here’s a blog devoted to the SE Asian earthquake crisis. “News and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts”. Lots of helpline info, emergency numbers, etc.. Latest death toll 34,000, though the Indonesian figure alone could increase by 20,000. Also this:
An earthquake that unleashed deadly tidal waves on Asia was so powerful it made the earth wobble on its axis and permanently altered the regional map, US geophysicists have said.
The 9.0-magnitude temblor that struck 250 km southeast of Sumatra island on Sunday may have moved small islands as much as 20 metres, according to one expert.
“That earthquake has changed the map,” US geological survey expert Ken Hudnut said.
“Based on seismic modeling, some of the smaller islands off the southwest coast of Sumatra may have moved to the southwest by about 20 metres. That is a lot of slip.”
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