Indonesian Tsunami 2004

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Mapa Mental sobre Indonesian Tsunami 2004, creado por MishMosh el 10/11/2014.
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Indonesian Tsunami 2004
  1. Causes
    1. Located on Destructive Plate Boundry
      1. Oceanic plate slid under continental plate
      2. 8 o'clock in the morning
        1. Eurasian plate-rose up 15 metres
          1. Massive amount of pressure released
          2. Plates build up pressure
            1. Subduction zone
              1. Plates slip
                1. Rising fault displaces large amount of water
                  1. Causes large tsunamis in all directions
                    1. Travel at up to 500mph
            2. Immediate Effects
                1. Earthquake caused land to shake for 10 minutes
                  1. Four major tsunamis triggered
                    1. Waves up to 30m high
                    2. Over a quarter of a million people killed
                      1. A third were children
                      2. Energy-power USA for 11 days
                        1. Entire earth's surface rose by 1cm
                          1. Train in Sri Lanka-killed 1700 people
                          2. Response
                            1. Seismometers introduced
                              1. Evacuation procedures rehearsed
                                1. Food/Resources sent to worst hit countries
                                  1. Lavatories and sanitation
                                    1. Health workers sent
                                      1. Deal with diseases
                                      2. Infrastructure repaired
                                        1. Temporary schools built
                                          1. Buildings start to be repaired
                                        2. Longer Term Effects
                                          1. Caused large parts of coast to change shape
                                            1. Coastal settlements
                                              1. Indonesia,Thailand,Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
                                                1. Many homes destroyed
                                                  1. Over one million homeless
                                                  2. Thousands dead
                                                2. Cholera and Typhoid spread quickly
                                                  1. Tourism reduced in area
                                                    1. Economy and jobs greatly damaged
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