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Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2004

Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2004 Reneli Saumets Rauno Tapner 11M Basic ●26 December 2004 ●West coast Sumatra Indonesia ●Indian plate was subducted by the Burma Plate Areas affected ●Sri Lanka ●Myanmar ●Indonesia ●Madagascar ●India ●Somalia ●Thailand ●Kenya ●Maldives ●Tanzania ●Malaysia ●South Africa Earthquake ●9.1-9.3 magnitude ●One of the biggest in the world ●Duration between 8.3-10 minutes ●Depth: 3okm Tsunami ●Waves up to 30m ●Killed 230 000-280 000 and more missing ●Total damage 19.6 billion USD ●Millions of people have been left homeless Warnings ●There were no tsunami warning system ●In deep water tsunami has little height ●Sensors needed to detect ●The power of tsunamis becomes clear as they approach shallow water along the coast Hildasan, 50, net-maker „I was repairing some fishing nets in the harbour when I saw the water raising. I ´d nev...