Boxing Day Tsunami: In Pictures And Numbers

Published on December 26, 2014

At the time of writing this article, it is exactly 10 years on from when a devastating tsunami struck North Sumatra, Indonesia, before making its way to Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and other countries. Today, WowShack looks back on this sad event (with a focus on Indonesia) by remembering its effects. This is the Boxing Day Tsunami in pictures and numbers.

Lest we forget.

In Numbers

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The Earthquake:
8 AM Indonesian time
9-9.3 on the Richter scale (megathrust earthquake)
Hypocentre was only 160 km off the coast of Aceh

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The Wave:
Traveled between 500 to 1000km/h under the sea
Near coastline, slows down to only tens of km/h
Height when coming on shore 24m
Reached 30km inland

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Destruction:
221,000 estimated deaths in Indonesia (out of 286,000 total deaths)
500,000 people displaced
Total of $14 billion in aid for damaged regions (all countries)