| Human Toll |
| Estimated death toll |
over 145,000 and rising |
| Estimated number of injured |
500,000 |
| Estimated number of people
lacking basic services |
5 million |
| Estimated number of displaced
people |
1 million |
| Confirmed Canadian deaths |
5 |
| Number of Canadians still
missing |
146 |
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| Canada's Contributions |
| Financial aid contribution by
Canadian government |
$80 million |
| Amount of financial aid
already allocated by CIDA |
$16.5 million |
| Amount of donations received
by CARE Canada |
$2.5 million |
| Amount of
donations received by the Canadian Red Cross |
$62.7 million |
| Number of Canadian NGOs
directly involved in relief effort |
9 |
| Number of water purification
tablets sent by Public Health Agency of Canada |
1 million |
| Number of electrical
generators sent by Public Health Agency of Canada |
40 |
| Number of blankets sent by
Public Health Agency of Canada |
200,000 |
| Number of mobile feeding
units sent by Public Health Agency of Canada |
15 |
| Number of people who can be
fed by a mobile feeding unit in one hour |
200-300 |
| Number of forensic analysts
sent to Thailand by the RCMP |
10 |
| Number of Canadian Forces
soldiers being deployed as part of DART force |
200 |
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| Worldwide Contributions |
| Total relief funds pledged
worldwide |
between $3 billion and $4 billion |
| Funds needed for initial
recovery of five million people for six months |
$977 million |
| Financial aid contributed by
the World Bank |
$250 million (USD) |
| Financial aid contributed by
the European Union |
$2 billion (USD) |
| Financial aid contributed by
Japan |
$500 million |
| Financial aid contributed by
the United States |
$350 million |
| Financial aid contributed by
Britain |
50 million pounds |
| Financial aid contributed by
Finland |
$10 million (Euros) |
| Financial contribution from
the Australian government directly to Indonesia |
$1 billion |
| Additional financial aid by
Australian government to affected areas |
$60 million |
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| Earthquake Facts: |
|
Epicentre of quake |
250 km SSE of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia |
|
Magnitude of the Dec. 26
earthquake on the Richter scale |
9.0 |
| Number of aftershocks since
the initial quake |
121 |
| Number of aftershocks which
registered 6.0 or larger on the Richter scale |
21 |
| Estimated size of the fault
line which produced the quake |
1,200-1,300 km |
| Estimated size of area of
concentration of fault line during quake |
400 km |
| Amount of energy released by the quake equivalent to |
23,000 Hiroshima bombs |
| Amount of time it took for
the quake to rupture the entire length of the fault line |
3 to 4 minutes |
| Size of this quake rated to others since 1900 |
4th largest |
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| *Numbers are accurate as of January 5th,
2005 |
