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Monday, March 17, 2008
The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake
was an undersea earthquake which occurred at
00:58:53 UTC, December 26, 2004. It triggered
a series of deadly tsunamis along the coasts of
landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean. It took
the lives of more than 200,000 people in 11
different countries and inundating coastal
communities with waves up to 30 meters. It was considered one of the deadliest natural disasters in history. To be specific, countries that were affected were Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, the Maldives, Somalia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Seychelles and others. Both Sweden and Germany lost over 500 citizens each in the disaster. But Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and India were hit the hardest.
It was the second largest earthquake ever recorded in a seismograph and had the longest duration of faulting, up to 8 to 10 minutes. It even caused the Earth to vibrate as much as 1cm while triggering other earthquakes as far as Alaska!
It was known scientifically as the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, and was also known as the Asian tsunami and the Boxing-Day tsunami.
Some after – effects and its impacts:
1. As there was a widespread damage of the infrastructure, shortages of food and water supplies and economic damages, a great deal of humanitarian aid was needed.
2. Epidemics were highlighted to the government agencies due to the high population density and tropical climate. The rate of getting infected by diseases such as Cholera, Diphtheria, Dysentery, Typhoid and Hepatitis A & B were moderately high.Coastal fishing communities and fisher folks, has been devastating with high losses of income earners as well as boats and fishing gears.
3. Coastal fishing communities and fisher folks, has been devastating with high losses of income earners as well as boats and fishing gears.
4. Severe damages have been inflicted on ecosystems, animal and plant biodiversity and groundwater. In addition, the spread of solid and liquid waste and industrial chemicals, water pollution and the destruction of sewage collectors and treatment plants threaten the environment even further.
5. A widespread of psychological trauma was caused by the tsunami according to the reports by health professionals.
6. Something positive about the tsunami was that, the water helped to wash away centuries of sand from some of the ruins of a 1,200-year-old lost city at Mahabalipuram on the south coast of India. The site, containing such notable structures as a half-buried granite lion near a 7th century Mahablipuram temple and a relic depicting an elephant, is part of what archaeologists believe to be an ancient port city that was swallowed by the sea hundreds of years ago.
Group Members: Aaron, Huibin, Jun Wei (24)!
here's 3C.
5:30 PM;
