Note: The following appeal is now closed. You can support our ongoing work by donating to the Canadian Red Cross. The 9. Sri Lanka, the Indonesian province of Aceh, four states of southern India, the Maldives, Myanmar, and coastal areas of Thailand, Malaysia were the most severely affected.
Indian Ocean - Earthquake and Tsunamis Fact Sheet #38, Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Facts and Figures: Asian Tsunami Disaster | New Scientist
On December 26, , an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. A general view of the scene at the Marina beach in Madras, 26 December , after tidal waves hit the region. Tidal waves devastated the southern Indian coastline killing people, the home minister said, warning that the grim death toll was expected to rise. National Centers for Environmental Information Statistics: , people were killed or listed as missing and presumed dead.
A tsunami is a huge volume of moving seawater. These giant waves can travel for thousands of miles across the sea and still have enough energy and force to destroy buildings, trees, wildlife and people. If you throw a stone in a pond it will create a series of ripples. A tsunami is just like those ripples but the disturbance that sets them moving is much greater than a small stone. It can be triggered by an undersea earthquake, landslide or volcanic eruption.
By Raziye Akkoc. It has been ten years since the disaster in south east Asia which affected 5m people and hit 14 countries. On December 26, a 9.