In December 26, 2004, there was a tsunami in Indian ocean.
The earthquake occurred mainly in the boundary between Indian Ocean plate and Eurasian plate,
and the extinction boundary. This is the strongest earthquake since the 1960 earthquake in
Chile and the Alaska Jesus Friday earthquake in 1964. It is also the second largest
earthquake since 1900. It has caused a tsunami up to 10 meters high.
It has caused huge casualties and property losses in countries such as Oman
in the Persian Gulf, on the east coast of Africa, and in Mauritius. Up to January 20, 2005,
statistics show that the India Ocean earthquake and tsunami have killed 226 thousand people,
probably the worst tsunami disaster in the world for more than 200 years, and the number of
deaths is still rising. The size of the local Seismological Bureau was 6.8, but the scale
of Hongkong, China and the United States was 8.6, and the revision of the
National Seismological Center of the United States was 9.
The gap may be due to measurement errors. This is the strongest earthquake since the
1964 Alaska earthquake, and the second largest earthquake since 1900. The most powerful
earthquake in history is the Chile earthquake of 1960. The magnitude is 9.5 of the
magnitude of the earthquake. The epicenter is located
in 3 degree 19 'N95 51.24' E / 3.317 degree N 95.854 degree E / 3.317; 95.854,
deeper than 30 kilometers underwater in Sumatra island, which is the frequent
earthquake zone in the "Pacific seismic belt".
The earthquake itself (excluding tsunami) spread to
Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Burma, Singapore and Thailand.