More than 5,000 foreigners were reportedly killed or missing in Sunday's
tsunamis triggered by a strong earthquake in the Indian Ocean.
The earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.7 according to the China Seismological
Bureau, occurred at 6:58 am (0058 GMT) Sunday off the west coast of the
Indonesian island of Sumatra, destroying villages and flooding cities. The death
toll has rocketed to over 80,000 people.
The following is a list of foreigners killed or reported missing so far in
the disaster:
Argentina:
Two Argentines were reported missing in Thailand, said Argentine ambassador
to Thailand.
Australia:
Nine Australians were dead and nine others went missing in the tsunamis.
Austria:
Five Austrians were reported dead, and at least 16 were missing.
Belgium:
Four Belgian tourists died and 29 others were missing.
Brazil:
Two Brazilians were killed by tidal waves.
Britain:
26 Britons were reported killed.
Canada:
Three were reported dead. The whereabouts of 13 Canadians in the affected
region remain unclear.
Chile:
Seven Chileans were missing, said the Chilean Foreign Ministry.
China:
Two Chinese nationals were killed, a Thai embassy official in China said
Wednesday. One was from Hong Kong, the other from Chinese Taipei.
Seven people from the mainland went missing.
Colombia:
A baby girl was killed in Malaysia during a vacation with her family.
Croatia:
One person was dead and the whereabouts of nine others are unknown.
The Czech Republic:
About 200 were reported missing.
Denmark:
At least six Danes died and 219 others were missing.
Finland:
14 Finns were confirmed dead, and 200 others were missing.
France:
20 French people were killed and 35 missing.
Germany:
26 German tourists were reported dead in the devastated tsunamis, but German
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer told a pressconference that the government
won't give details on possible deaths among German tourists until the
information from the catastrophe regions is confirmed.
About 1,000 tourists are still missing.
Greece:
Nine Greeks went missing.
Israel:
About 60 Israelis went missing.
Italy:
At least 14 Italians died, and dozens of people were injured and about 600
missing.
Italian official statistics showed that nearly 5,000 nationals were in the
affected areas when the catastrophe occurred.
Japan:
Nine were reported killed.
Malta:
About 19 people went missing.
Mexico:
Four people were reported missing in Thailand, Mexican radio quoted Julian
Ventura, Foreign Ministry's general-director for Asia Pacific, as reporting on
Tuesday.
The Netherlands:
Five Dutch people were confirmed dead.
New Zealand:
One was reported killed.
Norway:
20 Norwegians reportedly died in Asia's tidal wave disaster. The whereabouts
of 464 people remain unknown.
Up to 930 Norwegians still have not been accounted for, the Norwegian
authorities said.
Poland:
Four Polish people were killed and 43 missing.
Portugal:
Five Portuguese were missing, said the Portuguese Foreign Ministry.
Romania:
Two Romanian tourists were missing, said the travel agencies.
Russia:
One Russian tourist was reported killed in the catastrophe. Moscow said
around 50 citizens in Thailand could not be reached.
Singapore:
Three people died, and 294 went missing.
South Africa:
Four South Africans were reported killed and 26 others were missing.
South Korea:
41 were reported dead and 17 missing.
Spain:
The whereabouts of 12 Spaniards are unclear.
Sweden:
Six Swedes were confirmed dead and the whereabouts of 1,500 people remain
unknown. Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds has called the disaster in
Asia a "national trauma" for Sweden, Radio Sweden reported on Tuesday.
Foreign Ministry State Secretary Hans Dahlgren said, "There is reason to fear
that the final number of (Swedish) deaths will be very high."
Approximately 20,000 to 30,000 Swedes were believed to be in the region
affected by the disaster.
Switzerland:
11 people were reported killed.
Turkey:
53 Turkish people were missing.
The United States:
At least 11 Americans were killed.