Tsunami Hits Indonesia 2004
Ten years since the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. The magnitude 91 quake ruptured a 900 mile stretch of fault line where the indian and australian tectonic plates meet.
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A powerful undersea earthquake that struck off the coast of sumatra island indonesia set off the 2004 indian ocean tsunami also known as the christmas or boxing day tsunami on sunday morning dec.
Tsunami hits indonesia 2004. The tsunami was the deadliest in recorded history taking 230000 lives in a matter of hours. Beforeafter images of banda aceh indonesia in 2004 after the tsunami and in 2014 a decade later. On december 26 2004 at 759 am local time an undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 91 struck off the coast of the indonesian island of sumatra.
It was caused by subduction with an epicentre off the west coast of the indonesian island of sumatra. On this day ten years ago a magnitude 91 earthquake struck beneath the indian ocean near indonesia generating a massive tsunami that claimed more than 230000 lives in fourteen different countries one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded. The causation of the casualties altogether an estimated 230000 to 260000 people died in the 2004 indian ocean earthquake and tsunami.
It was 2004 the day after christmas and thousands of european and american tourists had flocked to the beaches of thailand sri lanka and indonesia to escape the winter chill in a tropical paradise. The widespread devastation caused by the tsunami led gam to declare a cease fire on 28 december 2004 followed by the indonesian government and the two groups resumed long stalled peace talks which resulted in a peace agreement signed 15 august 2005. Tsunami devastates indian ocean coast a powerful earthquake off the coast of sumatra indonesia on december 26 2004 sets off a tsunami that wreaks death and devastation across the indian ocean.
Indian ocean tsunami of 2004 tsunami that hit the coasts of several countries of south and southeast asia in december 2004. The earthquake that generated the great indian ocean tsunami of 2004 was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 759 am local time on sunday 26 december 2004. Energy from the quake in far off indonesia carried away approximately 300 to 400 people along africas indian ocean coast the majority in somalias puntland region.
On december 26 2004 a magnitude 92 earthquake in the indian ocean off the coast of indonesia triggered tsunamis that would turn out to be one of the deadliest natural disasters in history. Indonesia was the first country to be seriously affected by the earthquake and tsunami created by the 2004 indian ocean earthquake on 26 december 2004 swamping the northern and western coastal areas of sumatra and the smaller outlying islands off sumatra. The tsunami and its aftermath were responsible for immense destruction and loss on the rim of the indian ocean.
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