[Week VI] "Multiple Sourced article"

The 2004 Indian Tsunami - Deadliest Earth Seismic Activity in past 5 centuries

Preface about the Tsunami:

- Date: 24th of December, 2004

- Subductive (underwater) earthquake which results in tsunami

- Magnitude of 9.1-9.3

- Casualties: approximately 230 000 people died

- Regions affected: Aceh (Indonesia), Tamil Nadu (India), Thailand, Sri Lanka, Maldives

- Second deadliest earthquake ever recorded in seismograph

Occurrence and aftershocks:

- 1600 km Indian fault line of the tectonic plates ruptured or slipped 15 meters along the

subduction zone with the Burma Plate

- The earthquake results in ripple in water that enlarges as the ripples going nearer to the

shore, creating tsunami more than 10 metes tall

- Aftershocks are produced, with the highest recorded with 8.7 magnitude originating off the

coast of Nias island

Post Aids and further humanitarian response:

- As a response to the tsunami in Aceh, the Taiwan government donated $ 2 million

information and communication technology center to Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh

- During the day itself, significant aids were given to bury the bodies to prevent diseases

- World Food Programme provided food aid worth the supply of 1.3 million people for the

victims

- UK donated about US $600 000 000, collected from the public