the indian ocean tsunami of 2004
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This Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 is also know as "The Boxing Day Tsunami". This is because of the day it occurred on; December 26, 2004.
This tsunami was one of the worst tsunamis of the last hundred years. The reason we have chosen to focus on this tsunami is because of its memorability and extreme impact.
The yellow countries are the ones that were affected. The indigo and blue circles indicate the range of the 9.0 (estimates have also been as high as 9.3) earthquake that caused the devastating tsunami. The tsunami's wrath was felt (although nowhere near as heavily as it hit Indonesia) 4,500 kilometres away in South Africa.
Below is a map of how many hours it took the tsunami to reach the locations of impact. The numbers in the white boxes indicate the number of hours it took for the wave train to travel the distance of the line it is along.
This tsunami was one of the worst tsunamis of the last hundred years. The reason we have chosen to focus on this tsunami is because of its memorability and extreme impact.
The yellow countries are the ones that were affected. The indigo and blue circles indicate the range of the 9.0 (estimates have also been as high as 9.3) earthquake that caused the devastating tsunami. The tsunami's wrath was felt (although nowhere near as heavily as it hit Indonesia) 4,500 kilometres away in South Africa.
Below is a map of how many hours it took the tsunami to reach the locations of impact. The numbers in the white boxes indicate the number of hours it took for the wave train to travel the distance of the line it is along.
The devastation that it caused
Below is a slideshow of some of the scenes of devastation that the tsunami caused. Some of these pictures are as the water comes rushing in, some the immediate aftermath (when the water had not yet drained away). A few are of the carnage people were left with after they came to see what was left of the places in which they had lived.