2004

Indian Ocean
EARTHQUAKE AND
TSUNAMI
 GUIDE QUESTIONS
1.    What is the cause of the disaster?
2.    When and where exactly the natural disaster originates?
3.    How extensive was the area affected?
4.    Was the cause of the disaster forecasted or predicted? Were there warnings issued?
How did the people react?
5.    How many lives were lost? How many were injured and missing? Can the loss of
lives be quantified in terms of Peso or Dollars?
6.    What could have prevented the loss of many lives?
7.    Did the disaster affect the performance of the country’s economy years after it
happened? How?
8.    How much did the country spend for rescue, relief and rehabilitation works?
9.    What particular loss or damage cannot be recovered or repaired?
10. How justified are pre-disaster measures and expenditures?
MAP OF INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004
 TECTONIC
CAUSE
ACTIVITY BENEATH
THE INDIAN
OCEAN
(FAULT 20 MILES BELOW THE
OCEAN SURFACE RUPTURED)
STRONG WAVES CRASHING ON PATONG BEACH PHUKET, THAILAND
DATE
TIME ON DECEMBER 26, 2004,
PLACE 7:59 IN THE MORNING UTC
OFF THE COAST OF THE
INDONESIAN ISLAND
OF SUMATRA
MARINA BEACH IN CHENAI INDIA, ON DECEMBER 26, 2004 AFTER TIDAL
WAVES HIT THE REGION
EXTENSIVENESS DESTROYED
MORE THAN 250
COASTAL
COMMUNITIES
A BOAT LIES IN THE BACKYARD OF A HOUSE IN THE SOUTHERN FISHING
TOWN OF BAN NAM KHAEN, THAILAND
FORECASTED
OR PREDICTED
WARNINGS
WEREN'T ABLE TO SEND OUT AN ALERT
BECAUSE THE COUNTRY'S SENSOR SYSTEM
HAD BEEN HIT BY LIGHTNING
ISSUED
PEOPLE'S
REACTION
AN AERIAL SHOT SHOWS THE FLATTENED HOUSES AND DEVASTATION
NEAR THE SEA COAST OF BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA
LOST
INJURED 283,100 KILLED,
MISSING 14,100 MISSING, AND
1,126,900 PEOPLE DISPLACED
A ACEHNESE WOMAN AT THE RUINS OF HER HOME IN DOWNTOWN
BANDA ACEH, A MONTH AFTER THE POWERFUL DISASTER
PREVENTING
THE LOSS EXISTENCE OF
ADVANCED OCEAN
FLOOR
EARTHQUAKE
SENSORS
AN INDIAN WOMAN LOOKING FOR HER MISSING HUSBAND AMONG THE
PICTURES OF TSUNAMI VICTIMS IN VILAINKANI IN JANUARY 2005
COUNTRY’S
ECONOMY LOST AN
ESTIMATED
AMOUNT OF
OVER $9.9 BILLION
USD
 NAMES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF MISSING PEOPLE ON A BULLETIN
BOARD AT THE PHUCKET PROVINCIAL CITY HALL ON JANUARY 1, 2005
EXPENSES

MORE THAN $1.5

BILLION USD
AN INDIAN WOMAN MOURNS THE DEATH OF HER RELATIVE WHO WAS
KILLED IN THE TSUNAMI IN CUDDALORE
IRREPARABLE
HUMAN LIVES
AND
ENVIRONMENT'S
ORIGINAL STATE
PHUKET, THAILAND MOMENTS AFTER THE INDIAN OCEAN
TSUNAMI
PRE-
DISASTER WEAK AND
MEASURES LESS VALUED
AND
BY
EXPENDITURES
THE PEOPLE