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7 Cards in this Set
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Location of the tsunami |
It was in the Indian ocean and affected all 12 surrounding countries |
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What was richeter scale measurement |
9.0 to 9.3 |
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What was a key fact |
It was a 10 m high wave and nearly 300,000 were killed |
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What was the cause of the boxing day tsunami |
Displacement between the indo Australian plate and eurasian plate and the water travelled up as there was nowhere for it to go |
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What were 2 effects |
70% of coastal population was lost and 400,000 lost their jobs from the fishing boats destroyed |
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Give some immediate responses |
$7bn donated from worldwide countries UN donated food to 1.3m people |
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Give a long term response |
Tsunami warning system and restore mangroves which are a natural barrier that absorbs wave power and water |
