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A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami after the Boxing Day holiday, or as the Asian Tsunami, [10] devastated communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries, violently in Aceh , and severely in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu , and Khao Lak ...
On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004, an estimated 9.2-magnitude earthquake violently shook the seafloor off Indonesia, sending a 100-foot wall of water towards communities around the Indian Ocean.
“For perspective, roughly 230,000 people lost their lives in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century.” A map shows California’s tsunami hazard area ...
The magnitude-9.1 earthquake of Dec. 26, 2004, 150 miles off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, packed the energy of 23,000 atomic bombs, according to National Geographic.
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 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake Investigation Report from the Finnish Government (in Finnish) The 26 December 2004 Tsunami: a Hydraulic Engineering Phenomenon of International Significance. First Comments, Journal La Houille Blanche, No. 2, pp. 25–32
The map was thrust back into the spotlight Thursday when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the California coast. It led to 5 million people being put under tsunami warnings in the immediate ...
It includes 2004 deaths that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.