Boxing Day Tsunami
Where?
Off coast of Indonesia
Epicentre is 256km off Banda Aceh
Plate tectonic
Indo- Australian plate subducting under Eurasian plate
triple junction with Phillipine plate and the Pacific plate
Causes
Magnitude 9 on ricter scale
26th december 2004
earthquake caused sea floor to uplift displacing seawater above creating a tsunami
tsunami travelled at 800kmph
hot climate means disease and lack of sanitisation
focus depth of 30km below sea level
destructive plate boundary
effects (social)
1/4 million people died
two million people were made homeless
Beach resorts like Phi Phi decimated
People were swept away in the waters which arrived rapidly with little warning
Death toll 170,000 in Indonesia
Coastal populations taken at surprise due to lack of warning systems
1.7 million people displaced
Effects (economic)
66% fishing fleet loss
loss of tourism
many communities are affected were dependant on fishing industries
Islands are reliant on tourism and fishing such as the Maldives have to rebuild there industries
Effects (environemental)
Mangrove swamps held to act as a barrier to reduce the energy of the water in some areas
more ecosystems polluted by human and chemical waste
arable land covered in a layer of salt
short term management
us provided search and rescue
$14 billion dollars in aid
short term aid such as water purification tablets and temporary housing given to international countries
Longer term managament
Earlier warning system
Drills in place in the event
troops moved to help aid recovery
research into earthquakes and tsunamis