December 2005|
My Diary
Casualty summary at 12th Jan 2005, IST 10.am
| Country | Deaths | Injured | Missing | Displaced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmed | Estimated | ||||
| Indonesia | 113,306 | 120,000+ | ~100,000 | 10,000+ | ~517,000 |
| Sri Lanka | 30,718 | __ | 15,686 | 23,000+ | ~573,000 |
| India | 10151 | 15,766 | — | 5,630 | 380,000 |
| Thailand | 5,305 | 11,000 | 8,457 | 4,499 | ____ |
| Somalia | 150 | 298 | — | — | 5,000 |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 59 | 250 | — | — | 200+ |
| Malaysia | 65 | — | 183 | 26 | 5000 |
| Maldives | 52 | — | — | 76 | — |
| Tanzania | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| South Africa | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Seychelles | 3 | — | — | 7 | — |
| Bangladesh | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Kenya | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Madagascar | None | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 159,700+ | 178,000+ | 125,000 | 43,000+ | ~1.5 million |
The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake of moment magnitude 9.0 that struck the Indian Ocean off the western coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia on December 26, 2004 at 00:58:49 UTC (07:58:49 local time in Jakarta and Bangkok).It was the largest earthquake on Earth since the 9.2-magnitude Good Friday Earthquake which struck Alaska, USA, on March 27, 1964, and the fourth largest since 1900.
Tens of thousands were killed by the resulting tsunamis, which were as high as 10 m (33 ft) and struck between 15 minutes and 3 hours after the quake, causing one of the most cataclysmic disasters in modern history.
Credits : wikipedia.org
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