Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004
- Created by: Lotto65
- Created on: 06-01-16 17:17
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Causes:
* Destructive plate margin where indo-Australian plate subducted under Eurasion plate
* Eurasion plate was dragged down with Indo-Australian plate due to friction and after the earthquake, rebounded as pressure was released and displaced all the water above it
Social Effects:
* High death toll and many lost a family member if not both parents
* Deaths from a range of age groups and jobs so identifying dead and helping survivors hard
* Fear of disease as lived in bad quality refugee camps
* Many children were traumatised by what they saw
Economic…
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