TSUNAMI

BY BOBBY ALEXANDER, JAMIE LARKIN

AND LORCAN MURRAY
 THE PRELUDE

• ON THE 26TH OF DECEMBER, 2004, A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE HIT ASIA ON THE

WEST COAST OF INDONESIA.
• THE EARTHQUAKE CAUSED A HUGE TSUNAMI THAT WOULD SHOCK THE WORLD.
 THE EARTHQUAKE

• AT 7.58 AM, LOCAL TIME, ON THE WEST COAST OF INDONESIA, A MASSIVE 9.1
MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE COASTLINE
• THE EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERED A MASSIVE TSUNAMI THAT DESTROYED THE
WHOLE COAST
 THE TSUNAMI

• THE EARTHQUAKE CAUSED A 100 FOOT TSUNAMI THAT FLATTENED THE WHOLE
COASTLINE
• THE FORCE OF THE TSUNAMI IS BELIEVED TO HAVE LIFTED THE SEA FLOOR BY 10
METERS AND DISPLACED HUNDREDS OF CUBIC METERS OF SEA WATER AWAY
FROM THE EPICENTRE
• THE WAVES WASHED AWAY THE COAST AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 500MP/H
• THE DISPLACED WATER WENT SO FAR, THAT IN SOUTH AFRICA (5,000 MILES
AWAY) THEY SUFFERED WAVES UP TO 5 FOOT HIGH
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 THE DAMAGE

• THE TSUNAMI FLATTENED WHOLE AREAS IN 13 COUNTRIES

• £7 BILLION WAS DONATED BY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD
• THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GAVE A TOTAL OF £330 MILLION, WHICH
WAS MORE THAN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DONATED
 THE DEATH TOLL

• A TOTAL OF 230,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED

• INDONESIA, THE HARDEST HIT COUNTRY, LOST 128,000 OF ITS CITIZENS
• TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE INJURED
• OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE WERE LEFT WITHOUT A HOME
 INTERESTING FACTS

• THIS WAS THE LONGEST EVER EARTHQUAKE, LASTING BETWEEN 8 AND 10 MINUTES
• NO PLACE ON EARTH ESCAPED THE TREMORS, AS SCIENTISTS SAID THAT THE WHOLE EARTH
VIBRATED AT LEAST HALF AN INCH
• OVER A 100 YEAR PERIOD ( 1906-2005 ), ABOUT 1/8 OF EARTH SEISMIC ACTIVITY WAS
RECORDED DURING THIS EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI THAT CAME FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN
• THE ENERGY RELEASED BY THE EARTHQUAKE WAS 1500 TIMES GREATER THAN THE
HIROSHIMA BOMBINGS FROM WWII.
• THIS WAS ENOUGH TO SLIGHTLY ALTER THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH
 INTERESTING FACTS

• THE U.N. HAD FEARS THAT THE DEATH TOLL WOULD DOUBLE DUE TO FOOD
SHORTAGES AND LOW WATER SUPPLIES, BUT THANKS TO A TREMENDOUS
EFFORT, THOSE FEARS WERE SUBDUED
 CONCLUSION

• THIS EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI OCCURRED 14 YEARS AGO

• THE EARTHQUAKE MEASURED 9.1 ON THE RICHTER SCALE
• THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI TOGETHER BECAME KNOWN AS ONE OF THE
WORST NATURAL DISASTERS
• 230,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY 100 FOOT WAVES MOVING AT 500 KM/H
• THE CITIZENS OF THE EARTH DONATED £7 BILLION TO HELP IN REPAIRS AND FOR
FOOD
 REFERENCES

• HTTP://HOME.BT.COM/NEWS/ON-THIS-DAY/DECEMBER-26-2004-INDIAN-OCEAN-
TSUNAMI-STRIKES-ASIA-KILLING-230000-11418258145248