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Sumatra Earthquake 2004, Indonesia
Date: 26th December 2004
magnitude: 9,1
Deaths: 227 900
2004 Sumatra boxing day earthquake is the deadliest earthquake in the 21st century. The scale of the disaster caused by this earthquake is enormous. In total 227,900 people were killed and 1.7 million displaced due to the Tsunami caused by Sumatra earthquake in 14 countries. The loss is enormous because countries like India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia are not considered as Tsunami prone zone, and due to that, there was no Tsunami warning system. The epicenter of this tsunami was at a depth of 30 km in the south-east of Band Aceh, Indonesia.
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