Indian Ocean

Question 1

Date and size

Answer 1

Boxing Day 2004

9.2

Question 2

Cause

Answer 2

Fault line occurred where the indo Australian plate is pulled under the Sunda plate, a sudden slip occurred along a 1600km section of this fault, lifting the sea floor several metres and triggering an tsunami.

Question 3

Short term impacts on the people

Answer 3

66% of Sri Lancaster fishing boats were destroyed

1.1 million people left homeless

Question 4

Short term environment

Answer 4

The 9 Richter scale triggered a tsunami which reached 30m in some places attacking coastal areas in the islands

Question 5

Long term on people

Answer 5

Rebel group GAMm declared a ceasefire with the Indonesian government to allow relief

187,000 people confirmed dead, with 43,000 missing

Question 6

Long term on environment

Answer 6

Damage to coral ecosystems, forests and mangroves which will take months and years to recover.

Question 7

Prediction or precaution

Answer 7

No official warning, a ten year old girl in Thailand saw the water receding and warned her parents, so the beach was evacuated and saved around 100 lives.

Question 8

Immediate strategies

Answer 8

State of emergency declared in Sri Lamka, Indonesia and tha Maldives. 7 billion dollars in international aid

Question 9

Long term strategies

Answer 9

Indian Ocean tsunami system set up by UNESCORTED with 25 new seismographic stations to detect further tsunamis