Asian Tsunami

Question 1

date

Answer 1

26th of December 2004

Question 2

causes

Answer 2

Indio-Australien Plate subducting below Eurasian Plate; it was caused by a more than 9 magnitude earthquake; the earthquake caused the seafloor to lift up, displacing the water above

Question 3

short term effects

Answer 3

a quarter million people died; 5 to 6 million people had not food and water

Question 4

long term effects

Answer 4

1.7 million people were made homeless; threat diseases of mixing clear and dirty water; 1,500 villages destroyed in Sumatra; fishing industry destroyed; crops destroyed; loss of earnings tourism; farm land ruined by salt water; 8 million litres oil escaped out of tank in Indonesia

Question 5

short term responses

Answer 5

search & rescue; medical care; emergency food and water; temporary shelters; the authorities ordered quick burial or burning of the dead to avoid spreading of diseases

Question 6

long term responses

Answer 6

an early warning system between countries surrounding the Indian ocean has been set up; rebuild costs billions of dollars; re-establishing (infrastructure)