GEOGRAPHY CH5 Hazards — Social Science STD 8 — Question
Tamilnadu BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8Social ScienceGEOGRAPHY CH5 Hazards2 Marks
Question
Write short notes on Indian Ocean Tsunami?
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Answer
On December 26, 2004, at 7:59 a.m. local time, an undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
The tsunami killed at least 2,25,000 people across a dozen countries, with Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Somalia and Maldives, sustaining massive damage.
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