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Map showing the provinces of Thailand affected. Thailand was one of the 14 countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. It left behind unprecedented damage and destruction in six provinces of Thailand, impacting 407 villages, completely destroying 47 of them, including prominent tourist resorts like Khao Lak.
Beyond the heavy toll on human lives, the Indian Ocean earthquake caused an enormous environmental impact that affected the region for many years. Severe damage was inflicted on ecosystems such as mangroves, coral reefs, forests, coastal wetlands, vegetation, sand dunes and rock formations, animal and plant biodiversity and groundwater.
1 - M w . [7] One person in Mae Sai killed. MMI IX in Myanmar. At least 74 fatalities in total. 2014-05-05: Chiang Rai 6.1 VIII 1 23 M w . [8] An elderly person died of a heart attack and 23 people were injured. Damage to buildings and roads. 2019-02-20 Lampang: 4.6 VI - - M w . [9] Damage to at least 15 buildings, including a pagoda. 2019-11 ...
Thailand's Twelfth National Economic and Social Development Plan (2017-2021) warns that, "At present the country's natural resources and environmental quality are deteriorating, and have become a weakness in maintaining the basis of production, services and sustainable living. A large volume of the natural resources stock has been utilized for ...
An earthquake was recorded off the southern coast of Myanmar on Monday with tremors also felt in Thailand, but there were no immediate reports of major damage. The 5.1 magnitude quake was recorded ...
An eighteen-month-old baby was reported dead in Thailand. Croatia: A 3-year-old girl from Croatia died in Thailand. Czech Republic: Seven dead (six in Thailand, one in Sri Lanka); five injured in Thailand including supermodel Petra Němcová. Denmark: 45 people dead and 1 listed as missing (as of July 18, 2005). Of the dead, 43 died in Thailand.
Earthquake environmental effects are divided into two main types: Coseismic surface faulting induced by the 1915 Fucino, Central Italy, earthquake. Primary effects: which are the surface expression of the seismogenic source (e.g., surface faulting), normally observed for crustal earthquakes above a given magnitude threshold (typically M w =5.5 ...
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