2004 Tsunami Facts

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• The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake,
• The earthquake occured at 7:58 on December 24, 2004
• The tsunami had kill 283,100 people making it one of the deadliest disasters in modern history.
• The magnitude of the earthquake ranged form 9.0 to 9.3 making it the second largest earthquake recored on a seismograph.
• The earthquake itself lasted about ten minutes compared to other major earthquakes lasting only a few seconds.
• The shock waves of the earthquake were felt across the planet; as far away as Oklahoma.
• The entire Earth's surface is estimated to have moved vertically by up to 1 cm from the eathquake disaster.
• All of the victims were taken completely by surprise; there were no tsunami warning systems in the Indian Ocean to detect tsunamis.
• 14,100 people went missing after the disaster.
• Over 1 million people were displaced in the country of Indonesia.