At least 4,813 people dead in the huge tsunami triggered by the earthquake
off Indonesia, 4,013 in government controlled area, and 800 in LTTE controlled
area, the military sources said Monday
Massive sea waves, triggered by an earthquakes measuring 8.7 on the Richter
scale in Southeast Asia, according to China Earthquake Administration, crashed
into coastal villages over a wide area of Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing thousands
of people and displacing one million others.
The quake was the strongest over the past four decades, and the
fourth-largest in a century. It was nearly 10 kilometers deep and was followed
by a half-dozen powerful aftershocks.