indonesia

• when did the tsunami take place

  boxing day 2004
• what plate movement caused it

  indo-australian plate is subducted by eurasian - sundra trench
• what is properties does this boundary have

  stick slip - upper plate is pulled down and deformed
• details of the earthquake

  occured at 8 am local time

  epicentre 200km west of sumatra

  only 30km deep

  mag 9.0

  lasted 4 minutes
• who picked up a signal

  hawaii pacific tsunami centre

  one minute after the earthquake

  sensors do not exist in indian ocean though

  scientists issued tsunami bulletin
• how fast was the tsunami travelling

  600mph
• how quickly did the tsunami form

  within 10 minutes
• when is the first place hit

  15 minutes after the earthquake

  north sumatra
• how much water was the coastline exposed to

  every 1.5m exposed to 1000 tonnes of water
• how many of the total deaths were in sumatra

  approx 3/4

  170,000
• how many died

  approx 250,000
• how many were killed on the nearby islands

  7000

  nicobar islands

  30 minutes after
• what were the effects

  some smaller islands in the indian ocean destroyed

  coastal buildings/fishing villages destroyed

  communication lines cut off

  electricity/power lines cut off

  roads/railways destroyed

  fires broke out
• long-term effects

  food shortages as farms destroyed

  disease outbreaks

  thousands made homeless

  thousands lost their jobs

  10% lost their business

  40% of local households ran a tsunami affected business

  nearly 2/3 of farmers permanently switched from rice farming
• responses

  140,000 homes built

  STAR established - Study of Tsunami Aftermath and Recovery

  'build back better' implemented

  US$7bil dollars pledged aid from the US