More than 10,000 foreigners are killed, missing or unaccounted for in the
tsunamis triggered by a strong earthquake off an Indonesia island.
The earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.7 over the Richter scale according to
China's State Seismological Bureau, occurred at 06:58a.m. (0058 GMT) on Dec. 26
off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The death toll now is
more than 140,000.
The following is a list of foreigners killed or reported missing so far in
the disaster:
Argentina:
2 reported missing in Thailand.
Australia:
14 dead, 79 missing and about 650 unaccounted for.
Austria:
10 confirmed dead, at least 443 missing and 218 unaccounted for.
Belgium:
6 dead and 99 missing. About 375 nationals have not been unaccounted for.
Brazil:
2 killed.
Britain:
41 were reported killed and 159 people unaccounted for.
Canada:
5 dead, 150 known missing.
Chile:
7 missing.
China:
12 confirmed dead. (Three from the mainland, eight from Hong Kong, three from
Taiwan)
Colombia:
1 baby girl killed in Malaysia.
Croatia:
1 dead, 1 missing.
The Czech Republic:
1 dead, about 7 reported missing, 10 nationals unaccountable.
Denmark:
At least 7 dead, 57 missing.
Finland:
1 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:
23 reported killed, 650 people unaccountable.
Luxembourg:
2 missing.
Malta:
1 missing.
Mexico:
15 reported missing.
The Netherlands:
6 confirmed dead, 30 missing, and 150 unaccounted for.
New Zealand:
1 reported killed, 302 missing.
Norway:
16 dead, 91 unaccounted for.
Poland:
5 dead, 36 missing.
Portugal:
8 missing.
Romania:
2 missing.
Russia:
10 killed, about 36 unaccounted for.
Singapore:
7 dead, 15 missing, 24 unaccounted for.
South Africa:
9 killed, 7 missing, 880 unaccountable.
South Korea:
11 dead, 9 missing.
Spain:
11 missing.
Sweden:
52 confirmed dead, 702 missing and 1,201 unaccounted for.
Switzerland:
23 were killed, 105 missing and 500 unaccounted for, the official statistics
said. But Swiss President Samuel Schmid has said "several hundred" citizens were
killed.
Turkey:
1 dead, 16 missing.
The United States:
At least 15 dead.