Tsunami news for Calcutta, India

Asian Radio Amateurs Bridging Communication Gap following Tsunami 29 December 2004
He is scheduled to relate his earthquake experience on US national ... Calcutta VHF Amateur Radio Society Assistant Secretary Horey Majumdar, VU2HFR, relayed ... ARRL,

Relief efforts race clock 29 December 2004
It was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that sent rumblings through the ocean floor off the ... O'Shea, said his group has moved from its base in Calcutta to Tamilnadu ... Irish Echo,

Valley woman to aid tsunami victims in Asia 29 December 2004
Pitkin County Deputy Randy Smith was in Thailand when the earthquake and tsunami ... includes stops in Tokyo and Bangkok before arriving in Calcutta, where she ... Aspen Times,

Tsunami threatens survival of Indian tribes 29 December 2004
Officials estimate the tsunami triggered by Sunday's earthquake off Sumatra ... ... the state-run Anthropological Survey of India, told Reuters from Calcutta. ... Reuters,

December 28 in History 29 December 2004
Over 82,000 people are ... in an earthquake which reduced Messina, Sicily’s second town, to rubble. ... Japanese planes bomb Calcutta, India, in World War II. Viet Nam News,

Bloggers offer ways to help quake and tsunami victims 29 December 2004
...witness reports from the region affected by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ... of New Jersey, and Samit, a young writer in the Indian city of Calcutta. ... Hindustan Times,

Dead or Lost: 1 out of 5 Not a house spared on Car Nicobar 29 December 2004
...to cope with ... and destruction, the Andaman and Nicobar administration was staring at a 10,000-plus toll two days after an earthquake-triggered tsunami ... Calcutta Telegraph,

UN faces costliest relief effort 29 December 2004
...for 7.5 million Swiss francs ($6.57 million) for survivors after the tsunami hit six Asian nations following a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake under the ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Lankans unite to salvage torn lives 29 December 2004
The ocean showed all its fury on Sunday when an undersea earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered a series of waves that ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Country needs a warning system, feel experts 27 December 2004
Over 300 villages were wiped out and the destruction reaced Calcutta, wrecking river boats and settlements along the Indian ... A massive earthquake is expected ... Indian Express,

Wichitans also rattled by quake 27 December 2004
The earthquake that rattled nations across the Indian Ocean this weekend ... Student Partha Dutta, who is from Calcutta -- unaffected by the devastation -- was ... The Wichita Eagle,

How a quake is measured 27 December 2004
...“All the formulas that we use originally came from variations and upgrades of Richter’s original formulas,� said Don Blakeman, USGS earthquake analyst at ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Earthquake ... 162 25 December 2004
...in West Bengal state, about 25km from the capital city of Calcutta. ... A reporter from the private ElShinta radio said that the earthquake caused substantial ... News24,

Survivors of Asian disaster bring out dead 27 December 2004
...were ... and more than 220 injured after earthquake-driven tidal ... CALCUTTA, India -- Retired policeman Sibdas Chakraborty, vacationing with his family, turned ... Seattle Post Intelligencer,

Scientist words ring true 26 December 2004
...“We had predicted the earthquake in Sumatra as occurring at 6 am this morning, but it happened there at 6.29 am. And there was ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Waves tear children out of parents’ arms 26 December 2004
A huge earthquake triggered the tsunami that washed people out to sea and tore children from their parents’ arms, officials and local media said. ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Experts jolted out of slumber 26 December 2004
Despite India’s proximity to the earthquake-prone Indonesian archipelago, scientists have no record of a tsunami ever calling on the Indian coastline. ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Massive Indonesia earthquake wreaks havoc 25 December 2004
West Bengal state, about 25 kilometres from the capital city of Calcutta. ... reporter from the private ElShinta radio said that the earthquake caused substantial ... The Age (subscription),

Earthquake wreaks havoc across Asia 25 December 2004
...state, about 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the capital city of Calcutta. ... A reporter from the private ElShinta radio said that the earthquake caused substantial ... IAfrica South African News,

At least 162 ... as earthquake wreaks havoc across Asia 25 December 2004
...about 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the capital city of Calcutta, Unconfirmed radio ... from the private ElShinta radio said that the earthquake caused substantial ... Economic Times,

Warning on unstable soil 26 December 2004
Calcutta may have managed to go unscathed, but if geophysicists are to be believed, the city is vulnerable to devastation caused by an earthquake, as is ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Forgotten islands emptied of life 27 December 2004
These islands lie close to the epicentre of the world’s worst earthquake in 40 years off Sumatra, which gave birth to the ... tsunami, or train of waves. ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Over 1,000 ... after tidal waves hit southern India 26 December 2004
...about 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the capital city Calcutta, Amal Chatterjee ... Head of the earthquake division of the Indian Meteorological Department, AK Shukla ... Designerz.com,

Medical items, cash top list of priorities Dec 28, 2004
The result of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean, the powerful tsunamis that ... about the fate of his head ashram, or headquarters, in Calcutta, India ... New Jersey Journal,

Earth churn spawns killer 26 December 2004
26: Over 11,000 people died a day after Christmas when the world’s biggest earthquake in four decades and a train of waves it churned up in the sea smashed ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Thousands ... by huge tidal wave 26 December 2004
The earthquake, the fifth strongest in 100 years, struck at 7.59am (11.59am Melbourne time ... Dozens of villagers were ... from Madras to Calcutta in the north. ... NEWS.com.au,

Tragedy touches Hawai'i as many seek word on families Dec 28, 2004
...and friends struggled to re-connect after a massive undersea earthquake triggered a ... Kole, a Ph.D. candidate in political science from Calcutta, India, said the ... Honolulu Advertiser,

Shock sinks fishing village 27 December 2004
...small coastal village still sunk in shock after the ... and devastation unleashed by the wave that was triggered by the world’s biggest earthquake in 40 ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Aftershock rattles Orissa 26 December 2004
The sea level was also reported to have risen at Paradeep port. This is the first time that Bhubaneswar has witnessed such an earthquake. ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Picnickers die in Malaysia 26 December 2004
26 (Reuters): At least 28 people were ... and dozens missing and feared drowned after a tsunami triggered by a huge earthquake struck Malaysia’s northern ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Alert triggers Kerala exodus 27 December 2004
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 27: A heaving human tide began to roll from coastal Kerala to interior towns tonight after a warning that ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Tremor team sticks by quake clue Dec 14, 2004
...researchers in Madras University’s department of applied geology today said planetary configurations could be “definitive means of earthquake prediction ... Calcutta Telegraph,

What We Must Do Dec 14, 2004
...falling down and almost killing Bill Gates during the recent earthquake, this after ... cows and rats while drinking toilet water in the streets of Calcutta is the ... SierraTimes.com

Monica closer to ... end Dec 3, 2004
B> New Delhi (PTI): An earthquake of low intensity shook areas along the Delhi-Haryana border early on Friday. No damage was reported. ... Calcutta Telegraph,

Like Sonia, but not Sonia, for this PM Nov 28, 2004
...“The day he reaches Gujarat, an earthquake takes place and he gets buried underneath and for three days he is underneath,� disclosed Dev Anand. ... Calcutta Telegraph,