Indian Ocean Tsunami Case Study

Question 1

How many died?

Answer 1

220000

Question 2

How many were injured?

Answer 2

650,000

Question 3

What happened with a train?

Answer 3

800 died when a train derailed in Srilanka

Question 4

What were some of the long term effects?

Answer 4

2 million people homeless
Big impact of Thailand tourist industry
Farmland destroyed in Indonesia =loss of income
Fishing boats lost in India impacted jobs and food

Question 5

When did it occur?

Answer 5

26th December 2004

Question 6

What did it measure on the Richter scale?

Answer 6

8.9

Question 7

Why did it occur?

Answer 7

Destructive plate boundary, convection currents in the mantle= build up of pressure between Indian and Eurasian plate, Indian plate subducts, displacement of water causes tsunami

Question 8

What were the immediate responses?

Answer 8

Dead buried in mass graves
Search for survivors
Aid send as water purification tablets, food and medical care

Question 9

How much money was donated by U.K.?

Answer 9

Government = £75 million public = 100 million

Question 10

What were the long term responses?

Answer 10

Tsunami warning system put in place
Tourism advertised for Thailand
Seeds given to Indonesian farmers
DNA testing to identify victims