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WORST CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY EVER: According to the latest reports, the number of dead is anywhere between 3900 and 6300 dead, thousands more missing, and both sets of numbers are expected to rise...

A seismologist has already reviewed the data on the quakes...and this is the sum of what he found...
1. Magnitude was 8.9...Occurred off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra
    - 155 miles south/southeast of  Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
    - 200 miles west of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
    - 780 miles south/southwest of Bangkok, Thailand
    - 1000 miles northwest of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
2. The depth of the quaked ran 6.2 miles deep
3. Death reports in - 2,200 killed in Sri Lanka, 1,600 dead in India, 700 dead in Indonesia, 420 dead in Thailand, 29 in Malaysia, 2 in Bangladesh.
4. The earthquake's main damage was the creation of huge Tsunamis.
5. It spawned 7.0 aftershocks throughout the region.

Updated headlines here...

Updated photos here...

Map showing the patterns and hit points of the quakes...