December 26th was when the under sea earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean. It was 30km deep and it measured between 9.1 and 9.3 on the richter scale. It was said to be the second largest earth quake ever recorded and one of the deadliest natural disasters ever, it also was the longest duration of of earthquake lasting between 8 and 10 minutes.
It mainly affected Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand but in total eleven coutries were hit by gigantic tsunamis which were up to 30m high. The disaster killed 225,000 people.
There were no Tsunami warning systems in the Indian Ocean so everybody was unprepared and unaware.
It caused the planet to vibrate up to 1cm !!!!
I remember when the Tsunami hit.. it was all over the news for weeks. People were fundraising to repair the damage all over the place. It wasn't like a sudden thing. People kept dying for days or even weeks because there were three waves in total which caused floods aswell.
People as far away as South Africa were even killed. Eight people died there because of abnormally high sea levels.
Nations from all over the world pulled together $7 BILLION, which $5 of it I donated =D .
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