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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 following is a list of major earthquakes which have occurred in India, ... Tsunami warning issued 2009-03-26 Jharkhand: 4.1 M w: V 5 Buildings damaged [18]
The deadliest tsunami in recorded history was the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed almost 230,000 people in fourteen countries including (listed in order of confirmed fatalities) Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Somalia, Myanmar, Maldives, Malaysia, Tanzania, Seychelles, Bangladesh, South Africa, Yemen and Kenya. [219]
The tsunami left both the people and government of India in a state of heightened alert. On 30 December 2004, four days after the tsunami, Terra Research notified the India government that its sensors indicated there was a possibility of 7.9 to 8.1 magnitude tectonic shift in the next 12 hours between Sumatra and New Zealand. [174]
India's western coast, bordering the more placid Arabian Sea, experiences cyclones only rarely; these mainly strike Gujarat and, less frequently, Kerala and sometimes Odisha. In terms of damage and loss of life, the 1999 Odisha cyclone, a super cyclone that struck Odisha on 29 October 1999, was the worst in more than a quarter-century.
For more on life 20 years after the 2004 tsunami, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands now, or subscribe. courtesy. Rachel Hearson and Cici Romain in Goa, India, in February 2005.
The 2009 Andaman Islands earthquake occurred on August 11 at 19:55 UTC in the Andaman Islands of India. [1] The earthquake magnitude was recorded as 7.5 M w, and was the strongest in the region since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. [2]
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