Psicologia de Emergência - Tsunami

Fica aqui um pouco do que tem sido feito mundial a nível de apoio físico e psicológico para as vítimas do tsunami:

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Caring for the Victims

• The German Navy’s largest vessel, the Berlin, has arrived off the coast of the Indonesian province Aceh. The ship has 45 hospital beds for injured people and can additionally take on board up to 100 people with minor injuries. It also has an emergency center and two fully-equipped operating rooms.
• In light of the troubling reports about the situation of children in the region, the German Government is making available 4.2 million euros ($5.5 million) for UNICEF for use in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
• Fifty-one experts from the Federal Criminal Police Office are in the region working closely with local authorities on the identification of bodies.
• In Banda Aceh, the German Armed Forces have set up a field hospital with an initial staff of 55 to provide emergency medical treatment. Once at full capacity, this field hospital can serve up to 20,000 patients and will support the local hospital, which must be rebuilt, an effort the German Army will also support.
• The German Air Force has deployed an Airbus “MedEvac” or flying ambulance to transport more than 130 injured people – German citizens and other nationalities – from Thailand to Germany. The German military has already transported to the disaster region 6.5 tons of medical supplies, 2,500 blankets and 22,000 towels.
• Germany, Austria and Switzerland are working jointly to ensure the availability of psychological counselors for tsunami survivors. Ten doctors, psychologists, and clergy from the three countries will be on Phuket, Thailand, in the coming days and weeks to help people in need of counseling. In Germany, NOAH, an organization offering post-disaster assistance is doing an excellent job of providing initial support to returning survivors and families of missing persons.

Coming to terms with the trauma in India, rebuilding in Sri Lanka, support teams

SOS Children's Villages' work with traumatised children and attending to unaccompanied children is being further intensified. In Sri Lanka emergency efforts to assist affected families are continuing and the first steps towards rebuilding villages are underway.
Despite the difficult psychological strains the children are still suffering from, the therapeutic work with traumatised children is showing some success, being able to produce smiles and getting the children active once more. The children take part in skipping, drawing, billiards and Rangoli, a very popular form of street painting in southern India. Together they also read stories, make music and receive food. Many children clearly illustrate their experiences, banishing their horrors onto paper in the form of pictures. Step by step, this will help them for the future.

SOS Children's Villages plans to open a further 20 activity centres over the next few days, through which around 2,000 children will be reached. Five locations between Kanyakumari und Pondicherry are currently being identified. The organisation is also currently searching for volunteer youths from the area to assist in these centres.

According to estimates by the SOS Children's Villages' support team approximately 10,000 children in the badly affected area south of Chennai have lost one parent and over 300 children have lost both parents as a result of the sea surge. Children, parents and other family members are still searching for missing relatives. Following the experiences of SOS Children's Villages in similar crisis situations, it is expected that it will take up to two months before finally ascertaining how many children will require long-term care.

CWS to Provide Psychological Support for Traumatized Survivors

Church World Service is now focusing on long-term recovery programs in Indonesia’s tsunami batter Aceh province
"Banda Aceh will be the focus of CWS response in Indonesia," says Augsburger. "We are planning to assist 50,000 displaced persons in Banda Aceh, with a special emphasis on children, female-headed households, widows, the elderly, unemployed families with limited means, and people or families who have not yet received aid.”

The director added, "Part of that work will be to provide psychosocial intervention for three months as crisis intervention and then for nine months as post-crisis intervention.”

UNICEF and the World Health Organization report that providing psychological services will be critical in coming weeks for the millions who have lost family, homes, and whole communities in hard-hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and affected coastal areas of Africa.

"The mind can barely grasp what these people have been through and what they will need to begin to recover – especially the children," Augsburger said.

A CWS Indonesia Emergency Assessment team recently concluded that disaster survivors in that country are likely "to be living in camps longer than expected" because of the scope of the disaster. The agency said that the current living conditions is likely to aggravate what trauma the survivors may have experienced.

″We have many local volunteers caring for the traumatised people in the camps. Especially children are treated psychologically.” "Having lost their relatives, many people do not return to their homes. The psychological trauma is too great and so they cannot bear the sight of their destroyed village.” Pfeifer further estimates that there exists a "high suicidal risk”, which is not discussed openly due to a religious sense of shame.

Combate à epidemia de dengue

Militares e polícia timorenses já foram mobilizados

Os militares e a polícia timorenses vão participar no combate à epidemia de dengue, que fez já 35 mortos entre os quase 800 casos registados, anunciou hoje o ministro da Saúde de Timor-Leste. Lusa Em declarações à agência Lusa, Rui Araújo indicou que a participação dos militares e da polícia decorre da decisão tomada hoje em Conselho de Ministros, que aprovou o Plano Integrado de Combate ao Dengue. "Decidiu-se estabelecer a Comissão Nacional de Combate ao Dengue, e fez-se a apreciação do Plano Integrado que vai reforçar as actividades que têm sido desenvolvidas até agora", destacou. As componentes em que o Plano Integrado se vai basear são quatro e prevêem o reforço da divulgação das medidas de sensibilização da população e a intervenção nos espaços públicos. "É aqui que reside o principal problema. A intervenção mais eficaz devia ser feita no domínio da saúde pública, designadamente no saneamento básico", precisou Rui Araújo. O ministro lamentou o muito que ainda falta fazer neste capítulo, porque, quanto a medicamentos e apoio médico e clínico, o país está preparado. Dengue, malária e pneumonia "Pensamos que na componente médica e clínica está-se a fazer alguma coisa", salientou, assinalando que o país também está preparado para fazer face aos crescentes casos de malária. "Há medicamentos suficientes para todo o tipo de malária que é detectado em Timor-Leste. O nosso problema é que certas combinações de medicamentos estão a demonstrar sinais de resistência, em virtude de o tratamento não ser bem controlado pelos profissionais de saúde", frisou. Rui Araújo acentuou, contudo, que, logo que se resolva a questão do saneamento básico, a situação melhorará significativamente. "É o dengue, a malária, mas não só. Neste momento temos também vários casos de pneumonia. Os peritos dizem que se trata de infecções virais, que têm a ver também com o meio ambiente em que as pessoas vivem. A questão do saneamento básico vai resolver muitos problemas de saúde pública", sustentou. O ministro da Saúde disse ainda que a Comissão Nacional de Combate ao Dengue hoje criada em conselho de ministros integrará representantes das estruturas governamentais, mas a execução das actividades vai ser feita em parceria com a sociedade civil e, sobretudo, as instituições religiosas. 776 casos de epidemia de dengue Relativamente ao número de casos de dengue já registados, Rui Araújo precisou que, até hoje de manhã, tinham sido confirmados 716 doentes, 35 dos quais morreram desde a detecção do primeiro caso, no passado dia 05 de Janeiro. "Os dados dizem respeito a esta manhã, mas creio que já há mais casos. De acordo com os médicos, é a partir das 14 horas (06h00 em Lisboa) que dão entrada mais casos nos hospitais", referiu. Rui Araújo observou ainda que a presença na baía de Díli do USNS Mercy, um navio-hospital norte-americano, se deveu a uma "coincidência". "O navio esteve em Aceh, no apoio às vítimas dos sismos e do maremoto de 26 de Dezembro e no regresso aos Estados Unidos pensou-se que deveria estar por cá uns dias a dar algum apoio humanitário, colmatando eventuais necessidades dos nossos hospitais e dos nossos especialistas", explicou. Lixo por recolher alastra epidemia Nos bairros de Díli mais atingidos pela epidemia de dengue, a imagem mais marcante é a do lixo acumulado que não é recolhido, havendo locais, nos bairros de Bécora, Caicoli, Ai-Mutin, Audian, entre outros, em que a recolha não se faz há duas semanas. Por exemplo, no mercado de Caicoli, a recolha do lixo é efectuada apenas uma vez por semana. A justificação para esta situação assenta na falta de equipamento da Administração de Díli (Câmara Municipal) para efectuar a recolha e transporte das cerca de 15 toneladas de lixo doméstico produzidos pelos 170 mil habitantes da capital para a lixeira de Tibar, a cerca de 15 quilómetros. O lixo doméstico deveria ser colocado pela população em espaços espalhadas pelos bairros e criados durante a ocupação indonésia. Estes espaços, rectangulares, com paredes da altura de 1,10 metros, apresentam em muitos casos sinais evidentes de destruição e abandono, com o lixo a acumular-se no interior e em volta, à mercê de animais à solta como porcos e cães, que mais ajudam a espalhá-lo. A Administração de Díli contava com quatro camionetas de caixa aberta para recolher as cerca de 15 toneladas produzidas diariamente, mas presentemente conta apenas com duas, que são alugadas a empresas para apanhar o lixo e transportá-lo até Tibar.

Dengue haemorrhagic fever in Timor-Leste - update 4 1 March 2005

As of 28 February, WHO has received reports of 336 hospitalized cases of dengue infection and 22 deaths. Two hundred and sixty-three of the 336 cases had clinical features compatible with dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) and the remaining 73 cases were diagnosed as suspected dengue fever (DF) using WHO standard case definitions. Districts reporting DF/DHF cases are Baucau, Dili, Ermera, Liquica, Maliana, Manatuto and Viqueque, with 76% of the cases reported from Dili.

Preliminary laboratory results have identified Dengue 3 as the main circulating strain in this outbreak. The virologist from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Japan, is working with the Central Laboratory and the National Hospital, Dili, for further laboratory investigations.

WHO and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Case Management of Dengue/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever, Thailand, Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health provided on site support to the Ministry of Health and the National Hospital, Dili for the clinical management of dengue patients. In addition, WHO and the Ministry of Health conducted practical training seminars on early diagnosis, referral procedures and clinical management to doctors and nurses from Dili and other provinces. The case fatality rate at the National Hospital, Dili, has dropped from 16.3% during the period of 5-21 January 2005 to 3.6% during the period of 12-24 February 2005.

The Ministry of Health, with support from WHO, NIID, and USAID are carrying out vector control activities. Insecticide spraying has covered more than 2000 households in high-risk areas, and additional spraying and larval control are underway in Dili and Baucau.

Health education activities are also being carried out to raise awareness of the disease and the need for appropriate prevention and control measures.

The Ministry of Health has established an Emergency Action Task Force for Dengue to coordinate all activities aimed at reducing the transmission and fatalities from dengue infection. WHO is working with the Ministry of Health on the long- and short-term strategy for dengue control in Timor-Leste. Other partners in the Task Force are UN agencies, donors, international and national nongovernmental organizations.

Dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever

Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection which in recent years has become a major international public health concern. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world, predominantly in urban and semi-urban areas.

Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), a potentially lethal complication, was first recognized in the 1950s during the dengue epidemics in the Philippines and Thailand, but today DHF affects most Asian countries and has become a leading cause of hospitalisation and death among children in several of them.

There are four distinct, but closely related, viruses that cause dengue. Recovery from infection by one provides lifelong immunity against that serotype but confers only partial and transient protection against subsequent infection by the other three. There is good evidence that sequential infection increases the risk of more serious disease resulting in DHF.

• During epidemics of dengue, attack rates among susceptibles are often 40 -- 50%, but may reach 80 -- 90%.
• An estimated 500 000 cases of DHF require hospitalisation each year, of whom a very large proportion are children. At least 2.5% of cases die, although case fatality could be twice as high.
• Without proper treatment, DHF case fatality rates can exceed 20%. With modern intensive supportive therapy, such rates can be reduced to less than 1%.

The spread of dengue is attributed to expanding geographic distribution of the four dengue viruses and of their mosquito vectors, the most important of which is the predominantly urban species Aedes aegypti. A rapid rise in urban populations is bringing ever greater numbers of people into contact with this vector, especially in areas that are favourable for mosquito breeding, e.g. where household water storage is common and where solid waste disposal services are inadequate.

Transmission

Dengue viruses are transmitted to humans through the bites of infective female Aedes mosquitoes. Mosquitoes generally acquire the virus while feeding on the blood of an infected person. After virus incubation for 8-10 days, an infected mosquito is capable, during probing and blood feeding, of transmitting the virus, to susceptible individuals for the rest of its life. Infected female mosquitoes may also transmit the virus to their offspring by transovarial (via the eggs) transmission, but the role of this in sustaining transmission of virus to humans has not yet been delineated.

Humans are the main amplifying host of the virus, although studies have shown that in some parts of the world monkeys may become infected and perhaps serve as a source of virus for uninfected mosquitoes. The virus circulates in the blood of infected humans for two to seven days, at approximately the same time as they have fever; Aedes mosquitoes may acquire the virus when they feed on an individual during this period.

Characteristics

Dengue fever is a severe, flu-like illness that affects infants, young children and adults, but seldom causes death.

The clinical features of dengue fever vary according to the age of the patient. Infants and young children may have a non-specific febrile illness with rash. Older children and adults may have either a mild febrile syndrome or the classical incapacitating disease with abrupt onset and high fever, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pains, and rash.

Dengue haemorrhagic fever is a potentially deadly complication that is characterized by high fever, haemorrhagic phenomena--often with enlargement of the liver--and in severe cases, circulatory failure. The illness commonly begins with a sudden rise in temperature accompanied by facial flush and other non-specific constitutional symptoms of dengue fever. The fever usually continues for two to seven days and can be as high as 40-41°C, possibly with febrile convulsions and haemorrhagic phenomena.

In moderate DHF cases, all signs and symptoms abate after the fever subsides. In severe cases, the patient's condition may suddenly deteriorate after a few days of fever; the temperature drops, followed by signs of circulatory failure, and the patient may rapidly go into a critical state of shock and die within 12-24 hours, or quickly recover following appropriate volume replacement therapy.

Treatment

There is no specific treatment for dengue fever. However, careful clinical management by experienced physicians and nurses frequently saves the lives of DHF patients. With appropriate intensive supportive therapy, mortality may be reduced to less than 1%. Maintenance of the circulating fluid volume is the central feature of DHF case management.

Immunization

Vaccine development for dengue and DHF is difficult because any of four different viruses may cause disease, and because protection against only one or two dengue viruses could actually increase the risk of more serious disease. Nonetheless, progress is being made in the development of vaccines that may protect against all four dengue viruses. Such products may become available for public health use within several years.

Prevention and control

At present, the only method of controlling or preventing dengue and DHF is to combat the vector mosquitoes.

In Asia and the Americas, Aedes aegypti breeds primarily in man-made containers like earthenware jars, metal drums and concrete cisterns used for domestic water storage, as well as discarded plastic food containers, used automobile tyres and other items that collect rainwater. In Africa it also breeds extensively in natural habitats such as tree holes and leaf axils.

In recent years, Aedes albopictus, a secondary dengue vector in Asia, has become established in: the United States, several Latin American and Caribbean countries, in parts of Europe and in one African country. The rapid geographic spread of this species has been largely attributed to the international trade in used tyres.

Vector control is implemented using environmental management and chemical methods. Proper solid waste disposal and improved water storage practices, including covering containers to prevent access by egg laying female mosquitoes are among methods that are encouraged through community-based programmes.

The application of appropriate insecticides to larval habitats, particularly those which are considered useful by the householders, e.g. water storage vessels, prevent mosquito breeding for several weeks but must be re-applied periodically. Small, mosquito-eating fish and copepods (tiny crustaceans) have also been used with some success. During outbreaks, emergency control measures may also include the application of insecticides as space sprays to kill adult mosquitoes using portable or truck-mounted machines or even aircraft. However, the killing effect is only transient, variable in its effectiveness because the aerosol droplets may not penetrate indoors to microhabitats where adult mosquitoes are sequestered, and the procedure is costly and operationally very demanding. Regular monitoring of the vectors' susceptibility to the most widely used insecticides is necessary to ensure the appropriate choice of chemicals. Active monitoring and surveillance of the natural mosquito population should accompany control efforts in order to determine the impact of the programme.

RELATED LINKS

- Dengue haemorrhagic fever: diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control
Information on dengue, including a list of those countries where outbreaks have occurred
- Dengue

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31 Mar 2005 Indonesia put official Sumatra earthquake death toll at 334

Jakarta, Indonesia-Relief – Bakornas PBP, Indonesia national disaster agency, put total death toll of Sumatra earthquake at 334 people. From the total, 220 people death in Gunung Sitoli, 100 in Teluk Dalam, 12 in Sieulue, 1 in Sibolga and 1 in Aceh Timur. Death toll from both district of Nias Islands is same as in the previous day.

Conflicting numbers keep pouring from many sources. North Sumatra Gov. Rizal Nurdin estimated that 1,000 people died in the latest disaster, but officials feared the number could climb to 2,000 as rescuers continued to pull bodies from crumpled shops and homes.

A U.N. survey put the confirmed death toll so far at 518, with 500 of those on Nias, U.N. official Masood Hyder said.

OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Indonesia Earthquakes Situation 28-29 March 2005 (relatório oficial dos acontecimentos)

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Overview

In the evening of 28 March 2005, at 23:08 hours, a strong earthquake
measuring 8.7 on the Moment Magnitude occurred off the west coast of
Sumatra Island in Indonesia (2.065=B0N, 97.010=B0E), followed by some
fifteen aftershocks ranging from 6.7 to 4.9 Moment Magnitude. UNESCO
reports that at least seven of the aftershocks occurred on the island of
Nias. There are no reports of tsunami waves as a result of the latest
earthquakes.

Initial reports indicate that Nias Island, Simeulue Island and the
Banyak Islands are the locations worst affected by the latest
earthquakes. A map is attached.

Nias Island, with an estimated population of 444,000, is situated off
the coast of North Sumatra province and south of Simeulue. There are
unconfirmed figures of 200 casualties, 500 injured and 2,000 displaced,
as well as major infrastructure damage. The Ministry of Public Works
reports that some 85% of structures in the capital, Gumung Sitoli, have
been damaged, while media reports state that hundreds of houses have
collapsed. Only one third of the usual power supply is available. The
airfield was slightly damaged, but 1,200 metres remain usable. Surfaid,
an international NGO based on Nias, has a supply of WHO medical kits
available for distribution. There are some 1,780 people registered as
internally displaced and an estimated 122 people reported killed as a
result of the tsunami of 26 December 2004.

Simeulue Island is the largest island off the southwest coast of Aceh
province and has an estimated population of 77,751 people. A UN
inter-agency advance assessment mission to Simeulue that arrived on the
island at 12:45 hours, reports that the earthquake killed 3 people and
injured 40 others. Some 25-30 people were hospitalized. Medical care is
available. While there is infrastructure damage, the road network is in
good condition, but bridges have been weakened. The airport is reported
to be intact and has the capacity to receive two Twin Otter aircraft.
Some 18,000 people were internally displaced and 10 people were reported
killed as a result of the tsunami on 26 December 2004.

The Banyak Islands are situated between Nias and Simeulue islands with
an estimated population of 5,000 people. Surfaid is planning an
assessment mission to the Banyak Islands.

The west coast of Sumatra Island suffered some damage particularly at
Singkil in Aceh Province. A damage assessment is required.  Other damage
assessments focusing on Aceh Barat and Nagan Raya districts have found
the situation normal.

All UN staff are reported as safe in Banda Aceh, Meulaboh, Calang and
Lamno. There are no casualties reported in the humanitarian aid
community.

Immediate Actions

The Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and OCHA Banda Aceh met with the
Acting Governor of Banda Aceh at 05:30 hours on 29 March and received
approval for joint Government and UN inter-agency advance assessment
missions to Nias and Simeulue islands. It is likely the seven-person
advance teams will remain in Nias and Simeulue for up to three days to:

(1) assess runway conditions for the landing of aircraft,
(2) complete an aerial survey
(3) set-up a communications base, and
(4) begin an initial humanitarian needs assessment.

The advance teams, which arrived on the islands early this afternoon,
will advise the Governors of Aceh and Northern Sumatra provinces and the
UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator on the requirement for deployment of
larger back-up assessment teams comprised of OCHA, WFP, SCF, UNICEF, JLC
and CARE, as well as advise on the need for the mobilisation of UNDAC
teams, medical teams, and additional search and rescue teams. The larger
assessment team is available for immediate deployment and standing by to
deploy.

The Government Posko (control post) from Medan has established a forward
operations base in Sibolga on the west coast of Sumatra. Government
Officials from Jakarta have been despatched to both Nias and Simeulue to
assess the requirement for international assistance. They are expected
to report initial findings back to BAKORNAS in Jakarta by the end of the
day.

Nias:

The local authorities and the inter-agency assessment team have
established a joint coordination centre.

Evacuation of severely injured people to the hospital in Sibolga has
started, using three United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS)
helicopters.

Basic medical supplies have been delivered to Nias to treat the wounded.
More supplies will be sent tomorrow.

Swiss and French Search and Rescue Teams who were based in Sumatra have
been flown to Nias to assist in search and rescue. The Government is
assessing the requirement for further search and rescue support as well
as the need for additional international assistance.

IOM reports that it is starting relief shipments from Sumatra to Nias
immediately.

IFRC reports that the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has volunteers on site
in Nias and is despatching further teams and medical assistance to the
island.

Simeulue

The joint Government/Inter-Agency assessment team is on the island and
working to provide further information on requirements.

There are six NGOs present on Simeulue Island: PMI (Indonesian Red
Cross), MSF, MDM, CARDI, CARE Australia and Concern.

Save the Children Fund is dispatching relief supplies to Simeulue
immediately.

Other Ongoing Action/Coordination Information

>From the perspective of the United Nations, Banda Aceh is the
communications and logistics hub for the relief operation, which is
being led by the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator. The United Nations
Disaster Management Team in Jakarta has confirmed agreement to this
arrangement. The overall response is being coordinated by the
Humanitarian Coordinator a.i.

OCHA Jakarta is maintaining close contact with BAKORNAS, the
Government's Disaster Management Agency.

The Provincial Government and the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in
Banda Aceh will convene a press briefing at 1900 hrs (local) this
evening in Banda Aceh to provide preliminary information to the media.

The UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Team is on standby
if required.

OCHA Geneva reports 20 Search and Rescue teams are on standby in the
region ready to be deployed should the Government request international
assistance.

UN Agencies and non-governmental organisations confirm that medical kits
and supplies, personal hygiene kits for women and men and other relief
items are in place in Banda Aceh and Medan and are on standby for
emergency distribution on the basis of to-be-provided assessment
information. The Government has reported the need for medical supplies
and personnel, search and rescue teams, food, body bags, emergency
shelter/tents and baby/infant food. Immediate needs can be met from
supplies made available for tsunami-affected people while the rapid
assessment process is ongoing.

UNJLC is assessing the transport and fuel needs for the relief operation
to the affected islands. Banda Aceh will be the hub for operations.
However, refueling is planned to take place in Sibolga in North Sumatra.
Sibolga is also the location of the logistics centre for the national
authorities coordinating relief efforts on the islands.

IFRC informed OCHA that they are re-routing a Cessna and a helicopter to
Meulaboh and will send them to Nias if needs arise. They will have water
and sanitation, health, and communications capacity. A landing craft has
also been loaded and will be waiting in Meulaboh. IFRC also has a
permanent team in Simeulue but has not yet been able to communicate with
them.

noção dos acontecimentos

Para poder compreender a situação dos sismos que estão a acontecer na Indonésia, verfificamos que desde o grande sismos noticiado dia 28 na Sumatra do Norte com magnitude 8.7 . Fica aqui o que tem acontecido:

5.8  2005/03/31 01:46:22 -18.526  176.016  33.0  FIJI REGION
 5.3  2005/03/31 01:39:06 -18.561  175.886  10.0  FIJI REGION
4.8  2005/03/30 18:26:18   2.148   96.671  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
 5.7  2005/03/30 17:29:22   2.954   95.408  25.5  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
 6.4  2005/03/30 16:19:41   3.005   95.368  22.0  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
4.7  2005/03/30 14:45:24   7.823  126.819 119.0  MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
 5.2  2005/03/30 12:57:43   0.247   98.045  20.5  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.0  2005/03/30 12:45:26   0.218   97.684  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.8  2005/03/30 12:00:35 -10.235  161.335  80.2  SOLOMON ISLANDS
 5.4  2005/03/30 10:20:23   1.923   96.946  27.9  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.5  2005/03/30 06:40:33   1.093   97.243  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.7  2005/03/30 01:13:16   1.829   97.058  26.8  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.3  2005/03/29 20:41:37   2.285   97.166  30.0  NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
4.9  2005/03/29 18:29:48   0.908   97.828  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.0  2005/03/29 18:06:36   2.416   96.655  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
4.7  2005/03/29 17:20:49   2.562   96.993  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
4.8  2005/03/29 14:43:31   0.913   97.411  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.2  2005/03/29 14:16:05   2.523   95.966  25.5  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
 5.1  2005/03/29 12:56:04   5.497   93.346  25.7  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
 5.2  2005/03/29 10:56:54   2.231   96.487  26.5  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
 5.1  2005/03/29 09:16:04   1.916   96.939  27.3  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.0  2005/03/29 06:16:15   1.756   99.061  30.0  NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
 5.3  2005/03/29 05:25:26   2.140   96.622  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
 5.9  2005/03/29 05:16:30   2.611   96.542  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
 5.4  2005/03/29 04:50:08   0.169   97.085  37.6  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.3  2005/03/29 04:19:01   1.232   97.120  22.3  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.3  2005/03/29 04:09:14   1.594   96.975  26.5  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.9  2005/03/29 03:44:36   1.388   97.100  24.1  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.7  2005/03/29 03:38:31   2.547   96.619  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
4.8  2005/03/29 03:29:09   2.918   96.326  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
4.6  2005/03/29 02:51:37   0.558   97.857  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.7  2005/03/29 02:40:37   1.136   97.186  22.6  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.0  2005/03/29 02:22:41   0.980   97.438  23.5  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.7  2005/03/29 01:32:17   1.500   99.101  30.0  NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
4.6  2005/03/29 01:30:06   2.122   96.406  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
4.8  2005/03/29 01:00:59   0.113   97.929  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.2  2005/03/29 00:56:04   1.670   97.107  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.5  2005/03/28 23:54:21   2.082   96.778  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
4.9  2005/03/28 23:44:45   2.814   96.309  28.5  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
 5.5  2005/03/28 23:39:49   2.937   96.340  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
 5.7  2005/03/28 23:37:31   2.905   96.347  29.7  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
 5.8  2005/03/28 23:13:01   0.183   97.027  37.8  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.9  2005/03/28 22:41:18   1.013   97.344  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.4  2005/03/28 22:25:11   0.799   96.954  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.6  2005/03/28 22:16:01   2.081   96.613  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
4.2  2005/03/28 22:10:06   2.175   96.557  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
4.9  2005/03/28 21:52:55   1.350   97.055  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.5  2005/03/28 21:50:19   1.062   97.099  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.5  2005/03/28 21:36:55   1.346   97.258  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.9  2005/03/28 21:34:07   0.843   97.737  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.6  2005/03/28 21:26:37   1.119   97.246  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.7  2005/03/28 21:13:12   1.737   99.172  30.0  NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
 5.0  2005/03/28 21:07:50   1.311   97.222  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.5  2005/03/28 20:50:48   1.641   99.206  30.0  NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
4.5  2005/03/28 20:47:45   1.951   96.783  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.2  2005/03/28 20:35:17   1.725   97.092  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.3  2005/03/28 20:23:21   0.870   97.703  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
4.8  2005/03/28 20:22:01   0.919   97.846  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.0  2005/03/28 20:19:09   4.929   92.323  30.0  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
 5.4  2005/03/28 20:06:26   1.028   97.389  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.8  2005/03/28 19:02:20   1.015   97.807  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.5  2005/03/28 18:48:53   2.732   95.965  30.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
 6.1  2005/03/28 18:30:44   0.896   97.810  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 5.3  2005/03/28 17:59:47   0.947   97.804  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 6.0  2005/03/28 16:38:43   1.331   97.391  30.0  NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
 8.7  2005/03/28 16:09:36   2.065   97.010  30.0  NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Como verificam só estão indicados as réplicas com maior amplitude

Death Toll Passes 300 in Indonesian Earthquake

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: More than 300 people are believed to have died when a strong earthquake struck Sumatra late Monday night.

The 8.7 magnitude quake struck northern Sumarta at 23:09pm local time (11:09am Monday Eastern Standard) 205 km (125 miles) west of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Hardest hit by the quake was the Indonesian island of Nias where all the casualties have been reported. Tremors were felt as far as the Malaysian Peninsula and some apartment buildings in Kuala Lumpur were evacuated fearing strong aftershocks.

A tsunami warning was issued a short time after the quake, with a 20cm tsunami reported at the Cocoas Islands. Late Tuesday unconfirmed reports from the Indonesian military indicated a three meter (nine foot) wave had caused some damage near Bandar Aceh.

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey believe this earthquake was an aftershock from the 9.0 magnitude one that occurred near Bandar Aceh on Boxing Day last year and caused tsunamis that killed more than 300,000 people in the Indian Ocean region.

Alerta de Tsunami

Como devem ter percebido, e, ao contrário do que aparece nas notícias nacionais, houve 2 sismos e não 1, com diferença de cerca de 30 minutos.

Aqui fica a informação difundida pela CNN :

(CNN) -- Officials in Thailand and Sri Lanka report that residents are evacuating coastal regions in the Indian Ocean after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 8.2 struck off the coast of Indonesia Monday.

In Thailand, thousands of people in the six provinces affected by the December 26 tsunami were moving to higher ground or 2 km (1.25 miles) inland, the governor of Phang Nga province said.

Sri Lanka also issued a warning that the earthquake may spawn a tsunami that would reach Sri Lanka's shores by about 3 a.m. Tuesday (4 p.m. ET Monday) and urged those living in low lying areas to move to higher ground.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recommended residents within 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) of the epicenter to evacuate coastal regions. The quake was centered on the same fault line where a December 26 earthquake launched a tsunami that killed at least 175,000 people.

Prass Prawoto, an aid worker in Banda Aceh -- which was severely damaged by the December 26 tsunami and quake -- said Indonesians were moving to higher ground, fearing a repeat of the earlier tsunami. But, he said, he had not heard of any injuries.

CNN producer Kathy Quiano, watching television reports from Jakarta, said there was widespread panic in Banda Aceh, as residents rushed inland.

A number of traffic accidents occurred as a result, and people were injured, she said, citing local television reports. "People are closely watching for the water that may come in," she said. Electricity and phone service were out in major sections of Banda Aceh, Quiano said.

Charles McCreary, director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, said scientists believed another tsunami is possible, but he could not be certain if the quake, which was 203 kilometers (126 miles) from Sibolga on Sumatra Island, would cause another deadly wave.

Experts agreed the quake was massive. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude at 8.2; the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it was 8.5.

"This earthquake has the potential to generate a widely destructive tsunami in the ocean or seas near the earthquake," NOAA said in a statement on its Web site. "Authorities in those regions should be aware of this possibility and take immediate action."

Asked whether evacuations are taking place, U.S. Geological Survey spokesman Don Blakeman said, "I certainly hope so."

Thailand's chief meteorologist, Smigs Bsammasaroj, issued a warning that the quake could bring a tsunami to its southern provinces. The warning, which was carried on national television, cautioned people in the six provinces to be careful and vigilant, but did not order evacuations.

USGS spokesman Doug Blake said there had been no reports of tsunami activity nearly 90 minutes after the quake struck.

"We're still waiting for any kind of reports," he said.

"At this point in time we don't know what type of fault occurred ... and that is critical information we just don't have yet," he said. "It is in the aftershock zone of the December 26 quake. It's a little bit south, but it's on the same fault."

The quake occurred at 11:09 a.m. ET (1609 GMT), and is considered a "great" earthquake, the largest of seven grades.

The grades are very minor, minor, light, moderate, strong, major and great.

Tsunamis are distinguished from normal coastal surf by their great length and speed. A single wave in a tsunami series might be 160 kilometers (100 miles) long and race across the ocean at 960 kph (600 mph).

When it approaches a coastline, the wave slows dramatically, but it also rises to great heights because the enormous volume of water piles up in shallow coastal bays.

The December 26 quake, measured at magnitude 9, triggered a massive tsunami that devastated coastlines in nearly a dozen nations in Africa and Asia.