INTRODUCTION
On 26th of december 2004, an earthquake that measured 9.0 on the richter scale occured off the coast of Sumatra. The hardest hit country was Indonesia. The other hard hit countries were Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. Malaysia was also hit. So was Bangladesh. Maldives was swamped. Madagascar was also hit along with Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, and South Africa. The deaths in all countries combined is about 295,608.
This picture below, is before the tsunami.
The bottom picture shows that there is now no trace of the city of Banda Aceh remaining.
On 26th of december 2004, an earthquake that measured 9.0 on the richter scale occured off the coast of Sumatra. The hardest hit country was Indonesia. The other hard hit countries were Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. Malaysia was also hit. So was Bangladesh. Maldives was swamped. Madagascar was also hit along with Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, and South Africa. The deaths in all countries combined is about 295,608.
This picture below, is before the tsunami.
This picture below is after the tsunami.
These pictures below, are of the city of Banda Aceh.
The top picture is of the city before the tsunami.
The bottom picture shows that there is now no trace of the city of Banda Aceh remaining.