2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia
A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 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 227,898 people in 14 countries, violently in Aceh (Indonesia), and severely in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu (Indi...
The Boxing Day tsunami 20-year anniversary - EarthSky
2 days ago · It was 20 years ago, on December 26, 2004, that the Boxing Day tsunami in the Indian Ocean became one of the deadliest natural disasters in history. The powerful waves claimed the lives of more ...
Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 | Facts & Death Toll | Britannica
2 days ago · On December 26, 2004, at 7:59 am local time, an undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Over the next seven hours, a tsunami —a series of immense ocean waves—triggered by the quake reached out across the Indian Ocean, devastating coastal areas as far away as East Africa.
Boxing Day 2004 tsunami: 'She was gone with the waves' - BBC
2 days ago · "The wave came in and just took her, it just took her away." On Boxing Day 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that raced towards shorelines around the Indian Ocean.
Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years on: 'I had survivor's guilt'
3 days ago · The worst natural disaster of the 21st century happened on Boxing Day 2004. Scenes of unimaginable devastation were beamed across the globe, as the scale of the disaster slowly sunk in. Two ...
Boxing Day Tsunami 2004: 20 years on, what have we learnt?
Dec 19, 2024 · The Boxing Day Tsunami and its aftermath killed an estimated 228,000 people across 15 countries, with Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives and Thailand particularly sustaining immense loss and damage. 26 December is …
'Surviving the Boxing Day tsunami gave me a second chance'
Luke Simon and his brother were celebrating Christmas with friends when the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami hit. 11 hrs ago. Somerset. 11 hrs ago. Tsunami remembered by survivors and victim's family.
The Indian Ocean Boxing Day Tsunami, 20 years on - The British …
Dec 16, 2024 · At 07.59am local time on Boxing Day 2004, a major earthquake off the Western Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a series of deadly tsunamis in the Indian Ocean that would go on to kill and injure hundreds of thousands of people and affect millions more.
The 2004 Tsunami Wiped Away Towns With ‘Mind‑Boggling ... - HISTORY
Oct 2, 2018 · As proof of the record-breaking strength of the tsunami, the last victims of the Boxing Day disaster perished nearly eight hours later when swelling seas and rogue waves caught swimmers by...
Indian Ocean Tsunami Remembered — Scientists reflect on the 2004 …
Sometimes known as the Christmas or Boxing Day tsunami, the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami is far from a distant memory, a decade after resulting in more than 200,000 casualities.
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