Tsunamis (Indian Ocean/Boxing day tsunami)

Question 1

When did it happen?

Answer 1

26th December 2004

Question 2

What type of plate boundary was involved?

Answer 2

Destructive

Question 3

Which plates were involved?

Answer 3

Indo-Australian, Eurasian

Question 4

What was the magnitude of the earthquake? (Richter scale)

Answer 4

9.0

Question 5

What were the main areas affected?

Answer 5

South East Asian nations

Question 6

What were some primary effects?

Answer 6

Approx. 230,000 dead
More than 130,000 dead in Indonesia, the worst affected
Waves travelled nearly 5000km to Africa
Water contamination

Question 7

What were some secondary effects?

Answer 7

Lack of food
Disease
Lack of income
Hundreds of thousands left homeless

Question 8

What were some immediate responses?

Answer 8

Hospitals and shelters set up
Photos displayed to help find relatives European tourists find their family
Foreign governments provide members of armed forces
Dead buried in mass graves

Question 9

What were some long term responses?

Answer 9

Planned emergency and evacuation procedures
Warning systems put in place
Rebuilding houses to be harder to destroy
Ensure jobs are being created
Installed early warning system in Indian Ocean