2004 tsunami ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ’”


 The epicenter was reported below the Pacific Ocean floor, however, with a magnitude of 9.1 and 9.3 on the Richter scale.  It was an inland seismic earthquake triggered by a massive earthquake in Palme between the Burmese Plate and the Indian Plate.  The epicenter was reported below the Pacific Ocean floor, however; no tsunami alert was issued.  It was one of the worst natural disasters on record and the worst in the 21st century.  The worst affected are Indonesia, followed by Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.


 Thiruchendur Kovil in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, considered a memorial to the 2004 tsunami  The epicenter was reported below the epicenter, however; no tsunami alert was issued. [8]  The epicenter was reported below the Pacific Ocean floor, however; no tsunami alert was issued. [5]  The epicenter was reported below the island of Simeulue, off the coast of Indonesia. [7]

 The plight of the people affected by the tsunami created by the earthquake has caused a great deal of consternation around the world, and other countries have taken immediate steps to provide rapid humanitarian assistance and response to the affected countries.  Accordingly, the world community has provided more than $ 14 billion (2004) in total humanitarian assistance to the tsunami-affected countries. [8]  The earthquake's tsunami was later renamed by various names, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the South Asian tsunami, the Indonesian tsunami, the Christmas tsunami and the Boxing Day tsunami.



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