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Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. According to official estimates in India, 10,749 people were killed, 5,640 people were missing and thousands of people became homeless when a tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake near the Indonesian island of Sumatra struck the southern coast on 26 December 2004.
The Indira Point lighthouse was commissioned into service on 30 April 1972. [8] [9] Located 500 kilometres north of the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the southernmost tip subsided 4.25 metres (13.9 ft) after the earthquake, and many of the inhabitants went missing in the tsunami that followed. [10]
Mount Thullier, which is part of this range, has the highest elevation of any point in the Nicobars, at 642 m above sea level. [6] Indira Point (6°45’10″N and 93°49’36″E) is the southernmost point of the Great Nicobar Island and India itself. Indira Point subsided 4.25 m in the 26 December 2004 tsunami and the lighthouse there was ...
The worst affected Nicobar islands were Katchal and Indira Point; the latter subsided 4.25 metres (13.9 feet) and was partially submerged in the ocean. The lighthouse at Indira Point was damaged but has been repaired since then. The territory lost a large amount of area which is now submerged.
Aitch, submerged to form Raystown Lake. [32] Big Creek Valley, Submerged to form Beltzville Lake. [33] Cokeville, under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake. Corydon, flooded by Allegheny Reservoir; Fillmore, under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake. [34] Instanter, under the waters of East Branch Lake. [35] Kinzua, flooded by Allegheny Reservoir
A History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Library; Psenka, Charles J. (2008). Michilimackinac. Leelanau, MI: SBTC. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013; Robinson, George (2005) [1873]. History of Cheboygan and Mackinac Counties.
The point NJ9842 is on the Saltoro Mountain Range, at the top of the Chalunka Lungpa valley that runs north from the village of Chalunka. The immediate south of the point is occupied by the Korisa Glacier, the source of the Chalunka Lungpa stream which flows into the Shyok River. To the southeast of NJ9842 is the Urdolep or Waris Glacier, which ...
A University of Michigan study studied the risks of a leak, leading to experts and local governments calling for the shutdown of the pipeline. [9] [10] In late June 2019, the state of Michigan filed a lawsuit asking the Ingham County Court to compel the decommissioning of the segment of Line 5 that runs under the Straits of Mackinac. [11]