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	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004.
		The earthquake is estimated to have resulted in an oscillation of the Earth's surface of about 20-30 cm (8 to 12 in), equivalent to the effect of the tidal forces caused by the Sun and Moon.
		The 2004 earthquake and tsunami seem to be the deadliest natural disaster since either the 1976 Tangshan earthquake or the 1970 Bhola cyclone, or could conceivably exceed both of these.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake (6320 words)

	Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on the Maldives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		People "borrowing" sand bags from a nearby construction site, to be used as a barrier to protect their homes from the flood, shortly after being hit by the tsunami generated by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
		Malé, the capital island of the Maldives was severely hit by the tsunami.
		In the Maldives, 82 people were killed and 26 reported missing and presumed dead after it was hit by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Impact_of_the_2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_on_the_Maldives (266 words)

	Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The devastating megathrust earthquake of December 26th, 2004 occurred on the interface of the India and Burma plates and was cause by the release of stresses that develop as the India plate subducts beneath the overriding Burma plate.
		An earthquake of magnitude 8.1 occurred in the Andaman Sea at 12.9 N and 92.5 E on June 26, 1941 and a tsunami hit the east coast of India.
		The ocean current is driven from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea during the North-East monsoon and from the Arabian sea to the Bay of Bengal during the South-West monsoon.
	www.ldeo.columbia.edu /~lareef/tsunami/science.html (9334 words)

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	Maldives - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Republic of Maldives is an island nation consisting of the Maldive group of atolls and the Suvadive group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south of Lakshadweep group of islands of India, about 700 kilometers south-west of Sri Lanka.
		In 1965, Maldives declared its independence from Britain, and in 1968 the Sultanate was replaced by a Republic.
		A tsunami in the Indian Ocean caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake caused parts of Maldives to be covered by sea water and left many people homeless.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Maldives (2232 words)

	JesusChristIndia.com - 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami Information and Resources
		Each of these megathrust earthquakes also spawned tsunamis (in the Pacific Ocean), but the death toll from these was significantly lower—a few thousand for the worst one — probably because of the lower population density along the coasts near affected areas and the much greater distances to more populated coasts.
		The shaking of the seabed by the earthquake displaced massive volumes of water, resulting in tsunamis that struck the coasts of the Indian Ocean; the deadliest tsunamis by far in all of recorded history.
		The 2004 earthquake and tsunamis seems to be the worst natural disaster since the 1970 Bhola cyclone (Bangladesh), estimated to have killed 500,000.
	www.jesuschristindia.com /Indian_tsunami_info.html (4763 words)

	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Wikimedia Commons
		en: The earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004 in the Indian Ocean area.
		Indian Ocean, tectonic plates, affected regions and places (en)
		This image was created by [1] (Kenji Satake) at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan, and linked to from the [2] (usgs.gov page) about this earthquake.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake (172 words)

	Humanitarian Appeal: By Emergency - Flash Appeal - Indian Ocean Tsunami 2005 - MTR
		The magnitude and scale of the disaster relative to the size and population of the Maldives is unprecedented in living memory.
		The entire population of the Maldives was affected by the disaster, of which one-third of the population, some 100,000 people, was severely affected with more than eighty people killed.
		The effect of the tsunami exacerbated existing vulnerabilities and compounded an already dire humanitarian situation in Somalia, which has been marked by years of persistent drought conditions, outbreaks of violence, environmental degradation, and periodic floods.
	ochaonline.un.org /cap2005/webpage.asp?ParentID=5353&MenuID=5356&Page=1191 (4339 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Asia battles earthquake aftermath
		Thousands are missing and many more thousands forced from their homes by the worst earthquake in 40 years that generated a wall of water speeding across the oceans.
		Many are said to be clad in swimsuits, with people dragged to their deaths as the tsunami smashed into beaches without warning.
		A national disaster has been announced in the low-lying Maldives islands, more than 2,500km (1,500 miles) from the quake's epicentre, after they were hit by severe flooding.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/4126971.stm (620 words)

	recoverlanka.net: Scientific Background of Tsunami
		The earthquake took place in a region with previous earthquake activity as shown in the map prepared by the The Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP) in the framework of the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN/IDNDR).
		Shallow undersea earthquakes are responsible for most tsunamis though at time landslides triggered by smaller seismic events can also generated potentially lethal waves.
		The earthquake that struck northwest of Sumatra, Indonesia, at dawn yesterday was a perfect wave-making machine, and the lack of a tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean essentially guaranteed the devastation that swept coastal communities around southern Asia, experts said.
	www.recoverlanka.net /science.html (7646 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Sea surges kill thousands in Asia
		The 8.9 magnitude quake struck under the sea near Aceh in north Indonesia, generating a wall of water that sped across thousands of kilometres of sea.
		A national disaster has also been announced in the low-lying Maldives islands, more than 2,500km (1,500 miles) from the quake's epicentre, after they were hit by severe flooding.
		Waves forced out from the earthquake are even reported to have reached Somalia, on the east coast of Africa.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4125481.stm (647 words)

	Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
		While earthquakes could not be predicted in advance, once the earthquake was detected it was possible to give about 3 hours of notice of a potential Tsunami.
		Tsunamis are rarer in the Indian Ocean as the seismic activity is less than in the Pacific.
		Earthquakes occur when any of the 12 or 13 tectonic plates collide at their boundaries.
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	Tsunami Disaster- The Great Wave from the Indian Ocean; Earthquake, North Sumatra - Cybermed Update December 2004
		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; 08:58:49 local time Malaysia).
		The devastating megathrust earthquake of December 26, 2004, occurred on the interface of the India and Burma plates and was caused by the release of stresses that develop as the India plate subducts beneath the overriding Burma plate.
		The trench is the surface expression of the plate interface between the Australia and India plates, situated to the southwest of the trench, and the Burma and Sunda plates, situated to the northeast.
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	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Tsunami: Anatomy of a disaster
		The whole island has been tilted by the force of the earthquake, causing coral, submerged beneath the ocean for thousands of years, to be thrust out of the water on the east side; bays in the west have been drained.
		Deep under the Indian Ocean, at the epicentre of the quake, the 20m (65ft) upward thrust of the seafloor set in motion a series of geological events that were to devastate the lives of millions.
		As the waves left the Maldives, they passed through a narrow gap between the island chains, focusing their energy directly at Somalia, where 300 people lost their lives.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/4381395.stm (1180 words)

	UNESCO/IOC Indian Ocean Tsunami Post tsunami field survey site
		The December 26, 2004 earthquake with a magnitude of M 9.0 off Sumatra, Indonesia, occurred at 6.29 am (IST) generated giant tsunami.
		A tsunami was generated on 26 th December, 2004 by an earthquake of magnitude M 9.0 occurred near Sumatra Island of Indonesia with the epicentre located on the shallow depths of seabed(Source : USGS).
		(2005) on the slip pattern of 26 Dec 2004 indicate that due to high rate of slip in the southern 650 km of the 1300 km North -South rupture zone of 2004 Andaman-Sumatra earthquake, the principal tsunami was generated in the Sumatra area.
	ioc.unesco.org /iosurveys/India/nicobar/nicobar.htm (1801 words)

	tsunami satellite photo december 2004 tsunami picture tidal wave hawaii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The height goes down over time as the wave spreads over the ocean and the energy is expended on shore.
		By 8 hours 50 minutes after the quake, the wave spread over most of the Indian Ocean and was quite small in most areas—5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches)—about the limit of the satellite resolution.
		Virtualy no place in the island was left habitable after the tsunamis struck and destroyed most of the infrastructure and swept away nearly all of the food and drinking water.
	tsunami-video.basaj.com /tsunami-satellite-photo (1097 words)

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		The tsunamis were triggered by an undersea earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale off the west coast of Indonesia’s northern Sumatra Island and killed more than 150,000 people along the coastal areas of some 11 countries in the Indian Ocean.
		The small island nation of Maldives, which is scattered over 200 islands, has suffered extensive damage to infrastructure and is seeking US$239 million in emergency relief aid and an additional US$1.3 billion for long-term reconstruction.
		Meanwhile, Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla is saying he expects foreign troops in Aceh to finish their relief missions within 90 days--a move that is perceived by some analysts as the government’s attempt to reassert its military control over the tsunami-ravaged and conflict-torn province.
	coe-dmha.org /Tsunami/Tsu011205.htm (8789 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Scenes from a disaster
		In the days since the Asian earthquake and tsunami, many of those affected have turned to the internet to share their very personal stories of survival, helplessness and loss.
		December 27 2004, 10:30am, Matara Fort/ Town: Two men carry a body in from the now calm sea.
		It created a flash flood effect and I was in the middle of rapids containing debris, wood and all matter of building material.
	www.guardian.co.uk /tsunami/story/0,15671,1380838,00.html (1879 words)

	Aid Begins to Flow Into South Asia (washingtonpost.com)
		Cartons of food and water were stacked in an airplane hangar in the devastated Aceh region of northwestern Indonesia after military transports delivered tons of supplies to the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, which was mostly destroyed in the Sunday earthquake and tsunami that hit minutes later.
		The Indian government said it would install a $27 million early warning system to predict deadly tsunamis and would have it in place within three years.
		The Indian Ocean disaster extended beyond Asia to Africa, where U.N. officials said as many as 50,000 people in Somalia are in danger.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A33255-2004Dec29.html (1710 words)

	BuzzMachine... by Jeff Jarvis
		At this point I was standing on a small cement wall at the top of the beach and watched as they scrambled up the beach and up the steep hillside on the edge of the bay.
		Over the ocean, the waves of a tsunami are small, probably no more than a few centimetres to a metre high.
		The world's biggest earthquake in 40 years hit south Asia Sunday, unleashing a tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India and swamped tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives, killing more than 6,300 people.
	www.buzzmachine.com /archives/2004_12_26.html (2310 words)

	Indian Ocean Tsunami Detector (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The disastrous 26th December 2004 earthquake that struck the unmonitored Indian Ocean caused the death of over 117,000 lives in 11 countries.
		Probability and impact time of Tsunamis are assessed and reported immediately for countries bordering the Indian Ocean.
		This detection system only monitors sea-bound earthquakes around the Burma Microplate that are of Tsunami magnitudes.
	teavuihuang.com /tsunamidetector (206 words)

	2004 Gran Canaria (winter) - An Indian Ocean Tsunami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We hear there's been an earthquake under the Indian Ocean and a tsunami (tidal wave) which hit Thailand and Indonesia.
		The earthquake moved the island of Sumatra 100 feet.
		One thing people aren't paying attention to yet but will possibly mean the end of sustainable life in places like the Maldives: salt.
	www.geektimes.com /michael/travel/2004/GC-winter/tsunami.html (868 words)

	26 December, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Investigations
		The following part of this page has been prepared two weeks after Indian Ocean Tsunami in order to provide data based on model studies for identification of level of tsunami inundation and run up along Indian ocean coasts for the teams to go to sites for tsunami survey and reconnaissance.
		In this simulation we have used shorter length of the fault by using the fault plane solutions (by Prof.
		Tuncay Taymaz) and historical earthquakes (Geophysicist Ugur Kuran) of the fault zones at West of Sumatra.
	yalciner.ce.metu.edu.tr /sumatra/simulations (672 words)

	MILITANTPLATYPUS » 2004 » December (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The plate that shifted was 600 miles long, and moved 15 feet.
		The resulting earthquake measured 9.0, the largest recorded earthquake in 40 years.
		You are currently browsing the MILITANTPLATYPUS weblog archives for December, 2004.
	www.militantplatypus.com /blog/archives/date/2004/12 (672 words)

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		UNICEF officials say the health situation in India’s worst-hit district of Nagapattinam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu is “decent.” An adequate supply of clean drinking water has prevented the outbreak of an epidemic.
		Heads of states and senior officials from 10 ASEAN nations as well as Australia, China, India, Japan, Maldives, New Zealand, South Korea, Sri Lanka, United States, United Nations and the World Bank are expected to attend the meeting which coincides with the UN flash appeal to be launched the same day.
		The Indonesian government says that the homeless are living in “refugee camps.” The Indonesian Ministry of Health says that the death toll comprises 93,841 from Aceh province, with some 240 from adjacent North Sumatra province.
	coe-dmha.org /Tsunami/Tsu010505.htm (8155 words)

	Pure Vacations update on Indian Ocean surf spots status
		Some other surftravel companies are not manning their offices and Pure Vacations have also assisted these customers and have taken them under our wing.
		Firstly, the Maldives Lohifushi Resort is OK, it took a big hit but its not destroyed just badly damaged and will be rebuilt with ease soon.
		These areas were not effected by the quake or the tsunamis.
	www.globalsurfnews.com /news.asp?Id_news=15278 (616 words)

	coastal management and the Indian Ocean Tsunami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Research Group on The December 26, 2004 Earthquake Tsunami Disaster of Indian Ocean
		Critically, the “Restoring Damaged Ecosystem and Protecting the Environment” report gives the indicative costs required for environmental rehabilitation in general and Coastal Zone Management in particular.
		U.S. Agency for International Development Indian Ocean – Earthquake and Tsunamis.
	www.coastalmanagement.com /tsunami.html (733 words)

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