Indian Ocean Tsunami

Question 1

Location of Indian Ocean Tsunami

Answer 1

Focus of earthquake, 200km west off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia

Question 2

Plate boundaries from Indian Ocean Tsunami

Answer 2

Destructive, Indian under the Eurasian Plate

Question 3

When was the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Answer 3

26th December 2004

Question 4

Magnitude of the Indian Ocean Tsunami?

Answer 4

9.1

Question 5

Total dead from the Indian Ocean Tsunami?

Answer 5

230,000

Question 6

Total cost from the Indian Ocean Tsunami?

Answer 6

Billions

Question 7

Places affected by Indian Ocean Tsunami (5)

Answer 7

• Indonesia
• Thailand
• Sri Lanka
• India
• Maldives

Question 8

Primary effects of Indian Ocean Tsunami (5)

Answer 8

• Towns and villages destroyed - over 1.7 million
• Transport destroyed - difficult for emergency services
• 5-6 million people needed emergency food, water and medicine
• Fishing industry destroyed
• Schools and hospitals destroyed

Question 9

How many people needed emergency supplies in the Indian Ocean Tsunami?

Answer 9

5-6 million

Question 10

Long term effects from the Indian Ocean Tsunami (4)

Answer 10

• Tourism affected - lost jobs
• Seawater - crops can’t grow anymore
• Coral reefs destroyed by waves
• No education or healthcare

Question 11

Short term responses to the Indian Ocean Tsunami (8)

Answer 11

• Preparing for aftershock
• Looking for people
• Treating people
• Identifying the dead
• Armed police to stop looting
• International Relief Organisations sent aid in various forms
• Emergency vehicles dispatched
• Start to clear up

Question 12

What sort of aid was sent by charities (3) and foreign countries (4) to help in the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Answer 12

• Food
• Bottled water
• Shelter
• Ships
• Planes
• Soldiers
• Specialists to help rescue and distribute supplies

Question 13

What sort of aid was sent by charities (3) and foreign countries (4) to help the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Answer 13

• Food
• Bottled water
• Shelter
• Ships
• Planes
• Soldiers
• Specialists to help rescue and distribute supplies

Question 14

Long term responses to the Indian Ocean Tsunami (4)

Answer 14

• Re-build schools, hospitals and homes
• Tsunami warning systems put in place in the Indian Ocean
• Volunteers train locals on what to do if another tsunami strikes
• Signs and alarm towers to get the message to people

Question 15

How much money was gives by charities to help the Indian Ocean Tsunami?

Answer 15

£3.7 billion