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Indian Ocean Earthquake 2004

It was 26th January 2001,the year I was born and also the year of one of the most destructive earthquakes that exclusively hit India and some parts of Pakistan has been the most devastating earthquakes of the century.Then came another destructive earthquake in the form of tsunami in the year 2004 and beat the earlier record of 7.7 to 9.0 and caused havoc and misery. I as a child have been reading about this natural catastrophe and now have the opportunity to share my knowledge on this natural disaster. In this essay I am going to discuss the reasons for the occurrence of the earthquakes,the social factors that were affected and also would include other basic information on earthquakes.
Sudden movement and violent shaking of the ground, that can sometimes cause severe destruction is known as an earthquake. An earthquake can occur on land and underwater. When there are Earthquakes underwater a tsunami is caused. A tsunami is just as deadly as an earthquake. When there are Earthquakes near human population, people suffer as there is a loss of life, property and family and various other things. There was a mega thrust underwater earthquake in the Indian Ocean in the year 2004 popularly known as the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.This earthquake was so powerful that it caused a tsunami which hit eleven countries of the coast off Indian Ocean!!

We all known that earth has four layers
• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core

The crust and some parts of the mantle together form a layer known as the Lithosphere around our planet. But this layer is like pieces of a jig saw puzzle, which keeps moving around, sliding and even bumping into each other. To be more precise we call them tectonic plates and their ed...

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...eign government. The donations meant a lot to the people as it helped them to restore,buy food and helped them to buy medicines. There were many search and rescue operations,temporary shelters were built, medical aid was provided and also food aid was provided to millions. Which helped the people recover from the shock. The government also helped by giving the land to the child if his/her parents died. It had a big social impact. The countries took a lot of time to develop.

We can prevent damage from earthquakes and Tsunamis . If we built strong structures that are able to withstand the earthquake or tsunami. Architects can also make special designs that are able to with stand earthquakes. There is not many things you can do to prevent damage from earthquakes.

This was one of the most devastating Tsunamis and we should hope that this would never happen again.

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