Credit: Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Jon Gesch, USN. The international community rallied to provide aid and assistance to the affected countries, and many countries and organizations pledged millions of dollars in aid to help rebuild the devastated areas.ĭestruction from the tsunami extended hundreds of meters inland and stretched for thousands of kilometers. The Indonesian Boxing Day Tsunami was a humanitarian disaster, as thousands of people were affected by the loss of their homes, loved ones, and livelihoods. Here, the tsunami caused widespread destruction and resulted in over 120,000 deaths. In Indonesia, the hardest hit area was the province of Aceh on the island of Sumatra. Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, tsunami that hit the coasts of several countries of South and Southeast Asia in December 2004. The tsunami affected several countries in the region, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Malaysia. Tsunami 10th anniversary commemoration draws survivors, victims' families On Boxing Day, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude megathrust earthquake off the Indonesian coast sent a wall of water racing. The tsunami was caused by a massive undersea earthquake, which had a magnitude of 9.1 and was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. The Boxing Day tsunami Dr Iain Stewart explains how a megathrust earthquake at the bottom of the Indian Ocean triggered the deadly 26 December 2004 tsunami, which killed more than 225,000. The devastating natural disaster occurred on December 26, 2004, in the Indian Ocean. Actor Ewan McGregor hesitated taking on the role of a real-life tsunami. In 2004, the Boxing Day Tsunami caused by the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake took some 230000 lives in a matter of hours, becoming the deadliest recorded tsunami in history. This probing documentary tracks the Boxing Day tsunamis catastrophic cou.
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