More than 9,000 foreigners are missing or unaccounted for in the tsunami
triggered by a strong earthquake off an Indonesia island.
The earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.7 in the Richter scale according to
China's State Seismological Bureau, occurred at 06:58 a.m. (0058 GMT) on Dec. 26
off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The death toll has been
more than 140,000.
Following is a list of foreigners killed or reported missing so far in the
disaster:
Argentina:
2 reported missing in Thailand.
Australia:
12 dead, 79 missing and about 1,200 unaccounted for.
Austria:
7 confirmed dead, at least 468 missing and 211 unaccounted for.
Belgium:
6 dead and 99 missing. About 375 nationals have not been unaccounted for.
Brazil:
2 killed.
Britain:
40 were reported killed and 159 people unaccounted for
Canada:
5 dead, 150 known missing.
Chile:
7 missing.
China:
9 confirmed dead in Thailand. (Two from Jiangsu Province, One from the Inner
Mongolia, four from Hong Kong, two from Taiwan)
Colombia:
1 baby girl killed in Malaysia.
Croatia:
1 dead, 1 missing.
The Czech Republic:
1 dead, about 25 reported missing.
Denmark:
At least 7 dead, 69 missing.
Finland:
5 confirmed dead, 183 missing.
France:
22 killed, 99 missing, 560 unaccounted for.
Germany:
60 dead, about 1,000 missing.
Greece:
9 missing.
Hungary:
20 missing.
Iceland:
11 missing.
Ireland:
20 missing.
Israel:
4 dead, about 7 missing.
Italy:
At least 18 dead, about 436 missing.
Japan:
21 reported killed.
Luxembourg:
2 missing.
Malta:
1 missing.
Mexico:
15 reported missing.
The Netherlands:
6 confirmed dead, 30 missing, and 200 unaccounted for.
New Zealand:
1 reported killed, 302 missing.
Norway:
16 dead, 109 unaccounted for.
Poland:
4 dead, 43 missing.
Portugal:
8 missing.
Romania:
2 missing.
Russia:
1 killed, about 50 unaccounted for.
Singapore:
9 dead, 12 missing, 157 unaccounted for.
South Africa:
7 killed, 9 missing.
South Korea:
11 dead, 9 missing.
Spain:
11 missing.
Sweden:
52 confirmed dead, 827 missing and 1,495 unaccounted for.
Switzerland:
16 killed, 95 missing and 500 unaccounted for.
Turkey:
53 missing.
The United States:
At least 15 dead.