Physical Geog- Tectonics

On 26 December 2004 a tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean. It was the result of the Indio-Australian Plate subducting below the Eurasian Plate. It was caused by an earthquake measuring more than magnitude 9.

• travelled at speeds up to 800km per hour.
• in open ocean tsunami measured less than 1 metre high.
• A quarter of a million people died.
• Two million people were made homeless.

SHORT TERM RESPONSES

• search and rescue
• shelter
• other countries providing aid money
• other countries donating food tents and water

MID TERM RESPONSES

• water and electricity supplies
• rebuilding of homes
• clearing damged bulidings
• rebuilding of trasnport links

LONG TERM RESPONSES

• improved education of risk hazards
• help refugees and orphans
• create new shelters
• build new defences