Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004

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  • Created by: Lotto65
  • Created on: 06-01-16 17:17

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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