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Many people can help

This time the earthquake under the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004 which caused tsunamis that destroyed so much, is what occupies me the same way as for everyone.

The quake was of moment magnitude 9.0 on the Richter scale, off the western coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia at 00:58:53 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) or GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). The multiple tsunamis struck without coordinated warning and ravaged coastal regions all over the Indian Ocean. The tsunamis reached heights of 15 m or 49 ft and flooding coastlines between fifteen minutes and ten hours after the quake. Deadly tsunamis struck as far away as the east coast of Africa, 4,500 km or 2,800 mi west of the epicenter.

When many people are hurt there is a great need of help. And in this situation it is useful to join in to encourage everyone to help. Many people together can give a great help. Ordinarily the useful thing to do is to give money to the humanitarian organizations and the like that can help.

This situation should also remind us about everyone who needs help in the world.

December 31, 2004, David H. Hegg