preview

Tsunami Of 2004 Research Paper

Satisfactory Essays

On the day of December 26 of 2004 there was an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia that caused massive Waves raging havoc and killing of an estimated 230,000 people the earthquake magnitude was a 9.3 this magnitude was as close as the earthquake chili incident in 1960 except this event had happened at sea instead of happening on land if this incident had occurred on land the devastation would have been on a larger scale

The earthquake struck beneath the Indian Ocean 160 miles west of Sumatra. With a magnitude of 9.3 lasting nearly about 10 minutes. The quake moved a full 750 miles of underwater fault line up to 40 feet thus causing a massive displacement of water. Causing a tsunami the tsunami had been estimated to have had two

Get Access