Posted by Jai Narayan on December 26, 2004, at 11:39:25
In reply to Indian Ocean earthquake magnitude scale 8.9, posted by Jai Narayan on December 26, 2004, at 9:42:42
The earthquake triggered massive tsunamis (popularly known as "tidal waves"), which struck the coasts of the Indian Ocean. However Pacific Ocean coasts were not affected. The death toll from the tsunamis and the resultant floods was reported to be more than 7,000, with hundreds of persons reported missing. Damage and casualties have been reported from:
Sri Lanka: 4,000+ killed. One million considered affected. National emergency declared.
India: 1,900 feared killed in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 400 fishermen feared missing.
Indonesia: 1,873 killed in Sumatra
In Chennai, India, the force of the waves threw cars off the coast road. Several hundred are feared dead in Tamil Nadu state.
Thailand: 400 feared killed, 289 confirmed. 100 tourists, especially divers missing. The popular tourist resort of Phuket was badly hit. Hundreds of holiday bungalows on the Phi Phi Islands were washed out to sea. Officially 99 confirmed dead and 1,100 injured.
Malaysia: 43 killed, 33 in Penang, 9 in Kedah and one each in Perak and Selangor.
the Maldives: 10 killed. Two-thirds of the capital city Malé was flooded. Outlying low-level atolls may be badly affected. State of emergency declared.
Somalia: 3 drowned and fishing boats were capsized.
Seychelles: 2 killed (unconfirmed report).
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Réunion : Many boats sunk.
In addition to the large number of local residents, some tourists during the busy Christmas holiday travel season were among the victims.
****I said a prayer for all these people and animals.
Jai Narayan
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