Effect Of The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake On India
According to official estimates in India, 10,136 people were killed and hundreds of thousands were rendered homeless when a tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake near the Indonesian island of Sumatra hit the southern peninsular coast on 26 December 2004. The earthquake registered 9.0 in moment magnitude and was the biggest in five decades. This was followed by strong aftershocks in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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