2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26 2004. The tsunami generated by the earthquake killed approximately 275,000 people, making it one of the deadliest disasters in modern history. The disaster is also known as the Boxing Day Tsunami.

External links

Seismograms

• Seismic record of the event as measured in Hungary
• Seismograms for this earthquake via REV, the Rapid Earthquake Viewer

News and reports

News collections:

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• ABC News Online – Asian Tsunami Disaster Australia
• ABC News; Tsunami Wave of Destruction USA
• Earthquake latest relief effort news Australia
• ASEAN Tsunami Update ASEAN
• BBC News – In-Depth Report: Tsunami Disaster UK
• CBC News – Indepth: Disaster in Asia Canada
• Channel News Asia – Special Coverage: Killer Waves Singapore
• CNN – Special: Tsunami Disaster USA
• Guardian Unlimited – Special Report: Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster UK
• Daily News Colombo – The Power of Humanity Sri Lanka
• Tsunami Sri Lanka Information Sri Lanka
• ICSF — Updated news about tsunami impacts on fisherfolk India
• Indonesia-Relief.Org; News and database on Indonesia tsunami relief effort Indonesia
• New York Times – Complete USA
• Sydney Morning Herald – Waves of Devastation Australia
• Tsunami relief pages from SIFFS India
• Tsunamihelp Blog - Ground Zero Conditions Multinational
• Guardian's World News Guide for finding local news sources
• The Phuket Gazette excellent coverage of Thailand post-tsunami operations. Also missing persons database.
• Tsunami Tragedy Update Malaysia
• An information portal on tsunami2004 with 100's of weblinks including trauma counselling, health management and aid agencies to help victims and those involved in rehabilitation

Tsunami Monitoring / Detection:

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• Tsunami Detector for Indian Ocean Web & Mobile application that reports probability of tsunami occurrences from LIVE USGS data.
• Earthquake Warning System Personal Earthquake warning system. Highly advanced detector, featuring sos signals and carrying strip.

Scientific reports:

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• Aceh province of Northern Sumatra Dr. Jose Borrero
• NOAA — NOAA and the Indian Ocean Tsunami
• PMEL weblinks
• USGS — Magnitude 9.0 – off the west coast of northern Sumatra
• USGS — FAQ for this earthquake
• Tsunami Laboratory, Novosibirsk — travel-time map of tsunami waves
• IRIS Seismic Monitor; USGS Data
• Pacific Geoscience Center — Canada: Questions and Answers on megathrust earthquakes
• A Flying Start, Then a Slow Slip, Science magazine, 20 May 2005
• The Great Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of 26 December 2004, Science magazine, 20 May 2005
• Periodically Triggered Seismicity at Mount Wrangell, Alaska, After the Sumatra Earthquake, Science magazine, 20 May 2005
• The Sound of a Distant Rumble: Researchers Track Underwater Noise Generated by December 26 Earthquake, analysing T-wave (acoustic) data from Diego Garcia, Tolstoy & Bohnenstiehl, Seismological Research Letters. July/August 2005 (listen to MP3 file)

Social sciences, reports & commentaries:

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• Tsunami Disaster and the Globalization of Relief Analysis of the Tsunami Disaster from multiple viewpoints with academia with Streaming Video and Power Point Slides
• 2004 Tsunami Disaster: Scholarly and Factual Analyses
• Divining a Reason for Devastation, by Bill Broadway, The Washington Post (United States), 7 January 2005
• Tsunami Cascades in Worldwide Media
• 2004 Tsunami Disaster: Scholarly and Factual Analyses
• Tsunami waves exposed remnants of lost city New Scientist
• CTV.ca Tsumami caused major gender imbalance: Oxfam

Other Websites:

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• Tsunami: Magnitude of Terror
• Tsunami Archive18,000 photos, 2700 News/NGO reports and over 190 Albums! Includes references and scientific reports, NEW TSUNAMI VIDEOS and NGO Albums/Logs. (Australia)

Images and video

Photos

• Tsunami pictures, gallery of photos, satellites images ….
• Latest photos from Nias Off the coast of Northern Sumatra Aftershocks continue...
• Satellite photos with DHTML image comparison.
• Yahoo! Slideshows — Asian Tsunami Disaster
• Photos during and after the destruction of Koh Phi Phi Island
• Satellite images of tsunami-affected areas (National University of Singapore) Microwave Image
• Pictures of the Tsunami
• Phuket Island, Thailand
• Interactive Mapping of Affected Regions
• Images :: Tsunami Aftermath — Penang Island, Malaysia life after the tsunami
• Images :: Visit to Kota Kuala Muda, Kedah, Malaysia Relief work in the northern state
• Tsunami photos at Flickr
• Images/video :: Maldives Tsunami photo www.tsunamimaldives.mv
• Tsunamis.com - 2004 Asian Tsunami Pictures
• ChamorroBible.org: The Great Earthquake and Catastrophic Tsunami of 2004 — Six photo essays published 3 January 2005 to 8 January 2005 in the Chamorro and English languages on ChamorroBible.org (United States). Includes images of the humanitarian and relief efforts.
• Photo and News archive of Dec 26 and March 28 Earthquakes (Registered user)
• Humanity Ashore - from Sri Lanka
• Asian tsunami photo/news archive updated 24/7
• [ Information and photos on banda aceh tsunami
• [ photos from Kamala Beach (hotel)

Videos

• NEW VIDEOS - Tsunami Hits Chennai India (Added 29 June), The Psychological Aftermath (Added June), Children of the Boxing Day tsunami (Added June)all available in HD
• Large Collection of Amateur Tsunami Videos with Thunbnail Images and Detailed Descriptions
• Video Footage, Pictures, Clips And TV News Stories of the Tsunami
• Tsunami "In Your Memory"
• "275000"-"and Gaia shuddered" a PSA and memorial video
• Tsunami Video Blog,updated daily
• New Video Compilations (May 2005)From the Tsunami Archive (Australia)

Forums and discussion

Sites to help family and friends locate missing loved ones are listed on the "Links to search for missing people" section of the "Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake" page.

Related Topics:
Links to search for missing people - Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

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• Condolence Book Offer your condolences to the victims of the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
• A discussion of "What causes Tsunamis" and how those concerned about or working on environmental issues can work to accurately describe the disaster.
• Tsunami Disaster in Malaysia local news and updates on the tsunami disaster in Malaysia. Help locate missing or long lost friends.
• Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction RRR site of the South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies
• International searchforum for tsunamimissing India, Indonesia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and other affected countries,