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Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami information


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Countries directly affected by the earthquake and tsunami

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami occurred on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The earthquake itself, with a moment magnitude of around 9.1-9.3, devastated Aceh Province, Indonesia, while the tsunami affected countries all around the Indian Ocean. Nations which were affected are listed below in alphabetical order. For detailed information about each country affected by the earthquake and tsunami, see their individual articles. Countries with a smaller number of casualties, as well as those that lost citizens who were travelling abroad, are listed further on in the article.

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Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami occurred on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The earthquake itself, with a moment magnitude of around 9.1-9.3, devastated...

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Timeline of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

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the south of Australia. The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake Investigation Report from the Finnish Government (in Finnish) The 26 December 2004 Tsunami:...

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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

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Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Thailand

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one of the 14 countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. It left behind unprecedented damage and destruction...

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Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on India

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and thousands of people became homeless when a tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake near the Indonesian island of Sumatra struck the...

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Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka was one of the countries struck by the tsunami resulting from the Indian Ocean earthquake on December 26, 2004. On January 3, 2005, Sri Lankan...

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Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Malaysia

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Malaysia was affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. Despite its proximity to the epicentre of the earthquake, Malaysia...

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Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

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The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake of a magnitude of 9.1 was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times...

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in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The tsunami subsequently caused over 30,000 reported deaths and billions of rupees...

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Initially, authorities feared that the initial earthquake would cause a tsunami and warnings were issued across the Indian Ocean; however, these warnings were...

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Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Indonesia

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Indonesia was the first country to be seriously affected by the earthquake and tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004, swamping...

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Library damage resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

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from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake has been reported in six Asian countries. On December 26, the massive 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake struck off the northwest...

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portion of the Java coast that had been unaffected by the earlier 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that was off the coast of Sumatra. The July 2006...

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Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Somalia

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from the epicentre of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, 10,000 km of Somalia was swept away or destroyed by the resulting tsunami on 26 December 2004. As...

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Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Norway

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Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Finland

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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, by far the worst disaster in the number of lives lost during peacetime for Finland, killed 179 Finns in Thailand...

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The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34:12 local...

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Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Myanmar

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from the government of Myanmar (Burma) cite a death toll of 90 due to the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004. However...

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2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami

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The earthquake occurred on the same fault that produced the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It was widely felt across the provinces of Bengkulu and West...

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India and Japan some days after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Simulations held in 2013 on historical data highlighted "tiltmeters and broadband...

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Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

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Sumatra earthquake in 2004 and the killer tsunami it set off, the Government of India wanted to set up an early warning centre for tsunami and other storm...

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2018 Sunda Strait tsunami

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