The 2004 Boxing Day quake and tsunami hit hardest on Sumatra, the largest island in Indonesia, most affecting the province of Aceh on the north end (northwest end) of the island.
The tsunami of 2004 occurred in the Indian ocean and affected Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. Indonesia suffered the most damage from this natural disaster.
Sumatra (I think)
December 26.
south - east Indonesia
Aceh
Because the tsunami spreed all across the Indian Ocean ,not only in Indonesia.
about 300,000 died
yes it was detected, but the scientists were not able to warn the Indonesian government in time, unfortunately
Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, was almost destroyed by the 1755 tsunami.
The 1823 Krakatoa Tsunami primarily affected the Indonesian island of Java, including the areas around the Sunda Strait. It caused significant devastation along the coastlines, with a reported height of up to 12 meters (40 feet) in some areas.
Because the tsunami spreed all across the Indian Ocean ,not only in Indonesia.
The Tsunami that devastated Indonesia and other countries in 2004 was in the Indian Ocean.
6:58 am on December 26,2004 in Indonesia
It hit Sumatra first, an Indonesian island.
about 300,000 died
It hit Sumatra first, an Indonesian island.
$1.8 billion, that is, converted into U.S. money.
The motion picture The Impossible was based on the real-life survival story of the Belin Family who was on Christmas vacation in 2004 when a tsunami devastated the island of Indonesia. Resulting from an earthquake in the Indian Ocean, the tsunami has been given a variety of names including the South Asian tsunami, the Indonesian tsunami, the Christmas tsunami, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the Boxing Day tsunami. The latter name originates from a holiday that is celebrated in certain countries throughout the world on December 26, the actual day the Indonesian tsunami occurred.
yes it was detected, but the scientists were not able to warn the Indonesian government in time, unfortunately
122 at most recent government count, that number is likely to rise.
The Indonesian Tsunami Dec 26th - killed over 190,000 with 40,000 still missing
it's about 130.000 peoples dead and over of 37.000 people lost after Indonesian Tsunami in 2004