On the average, two tsunamis occur per year throughout the world which inflicts damage near the source. Tsunamis occur mostly in the Pacific Ocean and Indonesia because the Pacific Rim bordering the Ocean has a large number of active submarine earthquake zones. Data has shown that the average amount of people that died per year was 7916. The economic damage per year is $346414, this data was recorded from 1980 – 2008.
The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami hit on the 26th of December, 2004. The tsunami measured a magnitude of 9.0, with the epicentre located slightly north of Simeulue Island in Indonesia. The tsunamis that were generated hit the coastlines of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and even as far as Port Elizabeth in South Africa. This
The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami hit on the 26th of December, 2004. The tsunami measured a magnitude of 9.0, with the epicentre located slightly north of Simeulue Island in Indonesia. The tsunamis that were generated hit the coastlines of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and even as far as Port Elizabeth in South Africa. This