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When did tsunami come to India?
26 December 2004
According to official estimates in India, 10,749 people were killed, 5,640 people were missing and thousands of people became homeless when a tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake near the Indonesian island of Sumatra struck the southern coast on 26 December 2004.
What happened on the 26th December 2004 tsunami?
A powerful earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on December 26, 2004 sets off a tsunami that wreaks death and devastation across the Indian Ocean coastline. The quake was the second strongest ever recorded and the estimated 230,000 dead made this disaster one of the 10 worst of all time.
Which is the biggest tsunami in India?
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
The Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 is believed to be the deadliest tsunami in history, killing more than 230,000 people across 14 countries.
How many times tsunami came in India?
In a total of 8 tidal waves classified as a tsunami since 1762 a total of 26,040 people died in India. Compared to other countries, Tsunamis therefore occur rather rarely. The strongest tidal wave registered in India so far reached a height of 17.30 meters.
Where did tsunami occur in 2004?
Sumatra island
A powerful undersea earthquake that struck off the coast of Sumatra island, Indonesia, set off the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, also known as the Christmas or Boxing Day tsunami, on Sunday morning, Dec. 26, 2004.
Where did tsunami come from in India?
The tsunami reached the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu along the southeastern coastline of the Indian mainland about 2 hours after the earthquake.
How many died in India tsunami?
227,898
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami/Number of deaths
What happened in the Indian Ocean on December 26 2004?
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (also known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake) occurred at 07:58:53 in local time (UTC+7) on 26 December, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
When did tsunami come to Mumbai?
Field surveys and numerical modelling of the 2004 December 26 Indian Ocean tsunami in the area of Mumbai, west coast of India.
When did the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami occur?
December 26, 2004
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami/Start dates
December 26, 2004 +20 to 30 minutes: Tsunami waves more than 100 feet high pound the Banda Aceh coast, killing about 170,000 people and destroying buildings and infrastructure.
How did the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami happen?
The tsunami from the 2004 M=9.1 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake was primarily caused by vertical displacement of the seafloor, in response to slip on the inter-plate thrust fault (see Tectonics section above).
When did tsunami came in Chennai?
December 26, 2004: When tsunami killed 8,000 in Tamil Nadu.