THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI
26th December 2004, world has been shocked with the remarkable earthquake and tsunami which claimed the lives of many people and lead to destruction. The disaster has caused a huge impact affecting millions of people around the Indian Ocean. Therefore, this crisis has been classified as among the worst human tragedy. Earthquake off the west coast of Northern Sumatra led to a movement along a 1,200km section of the sea floor. This has generated a series of tsunamis that killed people in 14 countries around the Indian Ocean. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, India and Thailand were the hardest hit. Entire coastal zones were destroyed, with the tsunamis had caused damage up to 3km inland in some country. For Thailand, this tragedy categorized as the biggest natural disaster in the history. Six provinces on the edge of the Andaman Ocean has been hit. Among the area, Phang Nga, Krabi, Phuket, Ranong, Trang, and Satun is known as an international tourist area. Since the affected area is known as an international tourist area, during that time, the response to the tsunami was a highlight.
Of the five worst states were devastated by the 2004 tsunami (Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and Maldives), it can be said that Thailand had a better deliverable on disaster preparedness and response. This has been acknowledged by the international community. Bill Paterson PSM, Australian Ambassador to Thailand reports on the Asian Tsunami mentioned in his writing that Thailand’s police and military were available to both command and administration level to ensure law and order and to support rescue operations as well as to distribute relief support (Bill Paterson PSM, 2006). It shows that the Thai government has taken...
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The tsunami in Thailand that occurred on December 26, 2004, was by far the largest tsunami catastrophe in human history. It was triggered by a magnitude 9.1-9.3 earthquake along the Indian-Australian subduction zone off the northern coast of Sumatra. The tsunami waves traveled primarily in the east to west direction and caused major damage along the coasts of southern Thailand. Unpredictably, it was a violent earthquake beneath the sea that initiated the massive waves and struck more than a dozen countries in Southern Asia. It also destroyed thousands of miles of coastline and even submerged entire islands permanently. Throughout the region, the tsunami killed more than 150,000 people, and a million more were hurt, homeless, and without food or drinkable water, making it perhaps the most destructive tsunami in the modern history. In spite of peninsular Thailand's location facing the northern part of this subduction zone, the lack of any written historical records, together with the lack of any major local seismic activity, the tsunami caused thousands of fatalities and huge economic losses in the popular tourist regions in Thailand. Immediately after the disaster, numerous organizations and individual citizens have helped out and contributed to this devastating tsunami. Indeed, the tsunami in Thailand was a worldwide event, with significant wave action felt around the world. In this context, I am focusing more on the key features of the tsunami’s natural causes, the psychological effects on citizens, the perspective of socio-economic impacts and the consequences of the tsunami calamity.
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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami took place on December 26th, 2004 and had a magnitude of 9.15. The cause of the Sumatra Tsunami was due to the sliding of two tectonic plates. Sumatra, an island in Indonesia, is situated on the boundary of the two plates; part of Sumatra is situated on the India/Australian plate and the other part is on the Eurasian plate. The Indian/Australian plate and Eurasian plate connect on the ocean floor at the boundary, a little over 100 miles off the short of Sumatra. Sumatra was one among the many countries that was impacted by these natural disasters. To fully understand the Sumatra Tsunami one must examine the events that led up to it, what a tsunami is, and the damage caused.
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