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Malé, the capital island of the Maldives was severely hit by the tsunami. In the independent republic of Maldives , all islands except for 9 were hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. 82 people were killed and 24 reported missing and presumed dead after the archipelago was hit by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 ...
Image as of a few days after the earthquake. 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 ...
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami Countries affected India Indonesia Malaysia Maldives Myanmar Somalia Sri Lanka Thailand Indirect: Finland Norway Humanitarian response Classic Response Football for Hope Music for Relief Reach Out to Asia Rugby Aid Tsunami Relief Cardiff UK Radio Aid WaveAid World Cricket Tsunami Appeal Military operations Garron Sumatra Assist Unified Assistance ...
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake came just three days after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the sub-antarctic Auckland Islands, an uninhabited region west of New Zealand, and Macquarie Island to Australia's north. This is unusual since earthquakes of magnitude eight or more occur only about once per year on average. [43]
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, leaving at least sixteen people dead. Cyclone Chido leaves more than 120 people dead in southern Africa. Ongoing :
India approved a $400 million and a 30 billion rupee ($357.35 million) currency swap agreement, Modi said, adding that India was willing to provide extensive help to the Maldives to develop ...
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (2 C, 38 P) S. 2004 in Maldivian sport (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "2004 in the Maldives" The following 3 pages are in this ...
MALE (Reuters) -The Maldives' ruling party is set to win a two-thirds majority in Sunday's parliamentary election, local media said, a result likely to push the Indian Ocean island nation further ...