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name a tsunami case study |
Indian ocean 2004 |
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what countries were involved? |
-kenya -Malaysia -Indonesia -India -Bangladesh -Sri Lanka -Burma |
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what caused it? |
an earthquake at a destructive plate margin with a magnitude of 9.1 |
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what plates were involved? |
Indo-Australian and the Eurasian plates |
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what was its magnitude? |
9.1 on the Richter scale. |
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how far / fast did it travel? |
-traveled between 50k/kr to 835km/hr till it hit the shores. -At deeper water levels it traveler faster but slowed down when it reached the shores because of the friction |
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how many people died? |
-300, 00 people were killed or disappeared completely |
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effects on livelihoods |
-tourism was massively impacted which affected the natives livelihoods. -crops near the ocean were completely destroyed this was a main source of income for Sri Lanka -Most of SE Asia depends on tourism but most tourists feared it happening again |
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what happened to the island of Sumatra? |
It was directly above the epicenter meaning 70% of its population such as Band Aceh
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Long term effects |
Phi Phi in Thailand was destroyed and had damaged infrastructure -Salt water contaminated clean water sources killing fish in the Andaman Islands in India -homes and businesses were destroyed -whole towns in Indonesia were flattened |
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how much was donated world wide? |
-7 billion was donated worldwide to help the most effected countries. such as Indonesia and Thailand |
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what happened in terms of food ? |
-people were provided with clean water, food and tents for those who lost their homes
-UN's food programme provided food aid to more than 1.4 Billion people preventing a hunger disaster. |
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what was set up in 2006? |
an early warning system was set up in 2006 to ensure the counties would be adequately warned in advance |
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how can future warnings be given out? |
-warnings could be passed out by tv, email and/or radio. even by megaphones and loudspeakers attached to mosques.
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what plant was restored? |
-mangroves were planted again after being taken down for tourism. these slow down waves by absorbing the waves power -these also restored the locals livelihoods as they could fish more. it allowed fish to breed in the mangroves. |
