An 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia triggered a series of earthquakes over 12 hours on December 26, 2004, causing a devastating tsunami that severely impacted Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, Indonesia and Thailand, with additional damage in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Somalia and Seychelles.
An 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia triggered a series of earthquakes over 12 hours on December 26, 2004, causing a devastating tsunami that severely impacted Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, Indonesia and Thailand, with additional damage in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Somalia and Seychelles.
An 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia triggered a series of earthquakes over 12 hours on December 26, 2004, causing a devastating tsunami that severely impacted Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, Indonesia and Thailand, with additional damage in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Somalia and Seychelles.
An earth-quake that measured 8.9 on the Richter Scale of the West Coast on Northern Sumatra set off a series of other earthquakes lasting 12 hours on the 26th of December (from 00:58 to 11:05 UTC), 2004 led to widespread catastrophe particularly in Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, Indonesia and Thailand with damage also in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Somalia and Seychelles