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Indonesia was the worst affected area, with most death toll estimates at around 170,000. [118] The death toll for Indonesia alone may be as high as 172,761 lives. [ 119 ] An initial report by Siti Fadilah Supari , the Indonesian Minister of Health at the time, estimated the death total to be as high as 220,000 in Indonesia alone, giving a total ...
One of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, with a death toll of 227,898. 2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami: 17 July 2006: South and west coasts of West Java and Central Java: 668 deaths occurred as a result of a tsunami which inundated 300 km of coast line on the southern Java coast. 2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami
As of 31 December, the death toll was 437, with 14,059 reported injured and 24 missing. [1] [35] Indonesian officials later revised the death toll to 426, with 24 reported missing and at least 7,202 injured in total. [2] Survivors reported a pungent smell of dead bodies due to the ever-increasing number of deaths. [36]
The death toll from a tsunami that hit the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra after a volcano erupted rose to at least 280 on Monday, officials said.
The country's disaster agency says the death toll more than doubled to 832, and nearly all of those were from the city of Palu on the island of Sulawesi. More than 800 dead after earthquake ...
The death toll of an earthquake and tsunami that hit two Indonesia cities has reached at least 384 as rescuers battle to reach victims in devastated areas. The cities of Palu and Donggala bore the ...
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami occurred on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The earthquake itself, with a moment magnitude of around 9.2-9.3, devastated Aceh Province, Indonesia, while the tsunami affected countries all around the Indian Ocean. Nations which were affected are listed below in alphabetical order.
The tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004 was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude quake off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, sending waves as high as 17.4 meters (57 feet) slamming into coastlines of Indonesia ...