Indian Ocean-Case Study

Question 0

What plates were involved?

Answer 0

Compressional: Indo-Australian plate is subducted beneath Eurasian plate

Question 1

When did the tsunami occur?

Answer 1

26th December 2004 (Boxing Day)

Question 2

What was the magnitude of the Earthquake?

Answer 2

9.0 on the Richter Scale

Question 3

How high were the waves?

Answer 3

20 metres in some places

Question 4

How many people died?

Answer 4

220,000 people.

Question 5

How many people were injured?

Answer 5

Tens of thousands.

Question 6

How many people were displaced?

Answer 6

2 million people

Question 7

What were the primary effects?

Answer 7

Over 220,000 deaths.
Tens of thousands injured.
2 million displaced
Towns and villages swept away.
Infrastructure destroyed.

Question 8

What were the secondary effects?

Answer 8

Disease.
Damage to economies which were based on farming, fishing and tourism as people lost crops, boats and hotels were destroyed.
Food shortages.

Question 9

What were the short term responses?

Answer 9

People fled to high land.
International aid sent.
£450 million was pledged within a week.
Troops used bulldozers to create mass graves.
Grief- many people died.

Question 10

How much money was pledged within a week?

Answer 10

£450 million

Question 11

What were the long term responses?

Answer 11

Rebuilding of homes/infrastructure.
Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) spent £40 million on rebuilding in Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
A warning system is now in place n the Indian Ocean.