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.
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