2004 tsunami encyclopedia
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Definition
Tsunami: a series of traveling ocean waves of extremely long length generated primarily by earthquakes occurring below or near the ocean floor. Volcanic eruptions, landslides, and asteroids can also generate tsunamis.
Introduction
The December 26, , tsunami was the most deadly tsunami and which led to one of the greatest disasters in historical times. Some , people were killed in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Africa. The Aceh province in the Sumatra Indonesian Island was the most affected area with about , killed. The December 26, , tsunami was unusually violent, but deadly tsunamis are frequent in Indonesia. This country may have faced more than tsunamis during the last four centuries, with over one third being deadly. This contribution focuses on the December 26, , tsunami impacts in the Aceh province, in Indonesia, which was the most damaged area.
Tsunami sources and offshore tsunami propagation
The Indian Ocean tsunami was
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Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Indian Ocean
"Boxing Day earthquake" redirects here. For the Christchurch earthquake, see December Christchurch earthquake.
On 26 December , at local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of – struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The underseamegathrust earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake,[8][9] was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma plate and the Indian plate, and reached a Mercalli intensity of IX in some areas.
A massive tsunami with waves up to 30&#;m (&#;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 , people in 14 countries, violently in Aceh (Indonesia), and severely in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu (India), and Khao Lak (Thailand). The direct results caused major disruptions to living conditions and commerce in coastal provinces of surrounded countries. It is the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century,[11] one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, and the wor
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