Tsunami story, khao lak beach,phang-nga: Tsunami Story

Tsunami Story

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Tsunami story at Khaolak Beach, Phang-nga Provice,On 2004

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake.The resulting Tsunami itself is given various names, including the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Asian Tsunami, Indonesian Tsunami

The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating Tsunami along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean and Andaman sea, killing nearly 230,000 people in eleven countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters high. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Khaolak Beach,Phang-Nga Province,Thailand were the hardest hit.

With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.4 inches).