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Preface
Chapter 1 The 2004 December, Northern Sumatra Earthquake and the Indian Ocean Tsunamis
Chapter 2 Earthquake, Tsunami and Damage at Banda Aceh and the Environs in Northern Sumatra
Chapter 3 Field Survey Report on the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in the Southwestern Coast of Sri Lanka
Chapter 4 Field Survey and Numerical Simulation on the 2004 Off Sumatra Earthquake Tsunami in Thailand
Chapter 5 Survey of the tsunami damage in the Maldives
Chapter 6 Field Research on Social and Physical Impacts, and Responses in the Affected Areas
Chapter 7 Information Sharing on Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster - Web site development
| Date-Time: | December 26, 2004 at 00:58:49 (UTC), at 07:58:49 (Local Time) | |
| Location: | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA (3.244°N, 95.825°E) | |
| Depth: | 10km | |
| Magnitude: | 9.0 |
| MAG | DATE | UTC-TIME | LAT | LON | DEPTH | Region | |
| 6.2 | 2004/12/26 | 01:21:21 | 6.392 | 93.389 | 30.0 | NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.0 | 2004/12/26 | 02:52:02 | 12.479 | 92.566 | 30.0 | ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 7.1 | 2004/12/26 | 04:21:29 | 6.893 | 92.901 | 36.9 | NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.6 | 2004/12/26 | 09:20:01 | 8.911 | 92.346 | 10.3 | NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.3 | 2004/12/26 | 10:19:29 | 13.470 | 92.779 | 5.8 | ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.3 | 2004/12/26 | 11:05:01 | 13.567 | 92.872 | 13.1 | ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.1 | 2004/12/26 | 15:06:35 | 3.663 | 94.013 | 30.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA | |
| 6.2 | 2004/12/26 | 19:19:56 | 2.776 | 94.171 | 30.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA | |
| 6.0 | 2004/12/27 | 00:32:16 | 5.490 | 94.451 | 30.0 | NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA | |
| 6.1 | 2004/12/27 | 00:49:28 | 12.996 | 92.430 | 18.5 | ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.1 | 2004/12/27 | 09:39:07 | 5.361 | 94.661 | 35.0 | NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA | |
| 6.1 | 2004/12/29 | 01:50:56 | 9.076 | 93.795 | 24.9 | NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.2 | 2004/12/29 | 05:56:51 | 8.781 | 93.218 | 30.0 | NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.3 | 2004/12/31 | 02:24:01 | 7.127 | 92.556 | 11.9 | NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.0 | 2004/12/31 | 12:04:57 | 6.217 | 92.913 | 4.6 | NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.5 | 2005/01/01 | 06:25:45 | 5.046 | 92.276 | 10.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA | |
| 6.2 | 2005/01/02 | 15:35:56 | 6.332 | 92.799 | 30.0 | NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.1 | 2005/01/04 | 09:13:12 | 10.656 | 92.368 | 20.0 | ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.1 | 2005/01/09 | 22:12:56 | 4.92 |
95.12 |
40.0 |
NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA REGION | |
| 6.3 | 2005/01/24 | 04:16:47 | 7.35 |
92.46 |
30.0 |
NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION | |
| 6.2 | 2005/01/26 | 22:00:40 | 2.73 |
94.52 |
10.0 |
OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHEAN SUMATRA |
USGSEarthquake Hazards Program: NEIC Fast Moment SolutionHarvardHarvard Moment Tensor Solution |
Yamanaka, ERI, University of TokyoEIC SEISMOLOGICAL NOTE: No.161Yagi, Building Research InstitutePreliminary Result of Rupture Process for 2004 OFF COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA Giant Earthquake |
Hashimoto, Research Center for Earthquake Prediction, DPRI, Kyoto UniversityCrustal Deformations Associated with the Sumatra Earthquake on December 26, 2004 |
USGSFinite Fault ModelHistorical SeismicityHistorical USGS Moment Tensor SolutionTheoritical P-Wave Travel TimesHazards Data Distribution SystemIRIS Special Report |
BMG, IndonesiaBadan Meteorologi dan GeofisikaASEAN Earthquake Information CenterSeth Stein and Emile Okal at Northwestern UniversityUltra-long period seismic moment and implications for the slip processCalifornia Institute of TechnologySumatran Plate Boundary Project |
| Indian Ocean (GIF Image)｜Sumatra & Malay (GIF Image) |
| DATE | LAT | LON | M | m | |
| 1797/02/10 | 0°N | 99°E | 8 | 3 | |
| 1833/11/24 | 2.5°N | 100.5°E | 8.25 | 2.5 | |
| 1843/01/05 | 1.5°N | 98°E | 7.25 | 2 | |
| 1861/02/16 | 1°N | 97.5°E | 8.5 | 3 | |
| 1907/01/04 | 1.5°N | 97°E | 7.5 | 2 |
| H2(Maximum crest-to-trough amplitude on tide gage record in m) | X(Distance from epicenter to station along the shortest oceanic path in km) | Mt(Tsunami Magunitude) | ||
| Vishakapatnam | India | 2.4 | 2,070 | 9.3 |
| Tuticorin | India | 2.1 | 2,100 | 9.2 |
| Kochi | India | 1.3 | 2,400 | 9.0 |
| Cocos Is. | Australia | 0.5 | 1,820 | 8.5 |
| Hillarys | Australia | 0.9 | 4,600 | 9.2 |
| Hanimaadhoo | Maldive | 2.2 | 2,500 | 9.3 |
| Male | Maldive | 2.1 | 2,500 | 9.3 |
| Gan | Maldive | 1.4 | 2,500 | 9.1 |
| Diego Garcia | Chagos A. | 0.8 | 2,700 | 8.9 |
| Tsunami Magnitude Mt of Sumatra, Indonesia | 9.1 | |||
| 1837 | Valdivia, Chile | 9.3 |
| 1841 | Kamchatka | 9.0 |
| 1868 | Arica, Chile | 9.0 |
| 1877 | Iquique, Chile | 9.0 |
| 1946 | Aleutians | 9.3 |
| 1952 | Kamchatka | 9.0 |
| 1957 | Aleutians | 9.0 |
| 1960 | Chile | 9.4 |
| 1964 | Alaska | 9.1 |
| 2004 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 9.1 |
DCRC, Tohoku UniversityModeling a tsunami generated by Northern Sumatra earthquake [12/26/2004]Kenji Satake, AISTTsunamis in Indian Ocean from Sumatra EarthquakeVasily Titov, NOAA / PMELNOAA REACTS QUICKLY TO INDONESIAN TSUNAMIAhmet Cevdet Yalciner, Middle East Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, Ocean Engineering Research CenterThe Model Studies on December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean TsuanmiAndrey Babeyko, University of Frankfurt/M and Stephan Sobolev, GFZ Potsdam, GermanyA Numerical Simulation of the Indian Ocean Tsunami 26 Dec. 2004 |
Nobuaki Koike, WNCTPreliminary report of numerical computation of tsunamis generated by the December 26, 2004 Off Sumatra Island Earthquake, IndonesiaShunichi Koshimura, DRIDRI Preliminary Tsunami Modeling ReportDRS, Kyoto UniversityReseach Center for Disaster Reduction Systems Tsunami Modeling Report |
IndonesiaJanuary 17 - February 1, 2005.Banda Aceh, etc.Tsuji, University of TokyoMatsutomi, Akita UniversityTanioka and Nishimura, Hokkaido UniversitySakakiyama, Central Reseach Institute of Electric Power IndustryKamataki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science TechnologyMurakami, Kansai Electric Power, co., inc.Moore, Kent State UniversityGelfenbanm, USGSFebruary 8 - February 17, 2005 in JapaneseNanggroe Aceh dar es salamYamamoto, National Museum of EthnologyHorie, Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster PreventionNishi, Daito Bunka UniveristyFebruary 11 - February 14, 2005.Banda AcehT. Shibayama, J. Sasaki and T. Suzuki, Yokohama National UniversityA. Okayasu, Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyR. Matsumaru, Pacific Consultants InternationalMasimin and Atiff, Syiah Kuala UniversityUSC Tsunami Research CenterThailandDecember 30, 2004 - January 4, 2005.Phi Phi Is., Phuket Is., Khao LakH. Matsutomi and T. Takahashi, Akita UniversityT. Hiraishi, Port and Airport Research InstituteM. Matsuyama, Central Research Institute of Electric Power IndustryK. Harada, Kyoto UniversityJanuary 28 - January 29, 2005.Phuket, Phangnga ProvinceK. Satake, Y. Okamura and M. Shishikura, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyK. Fujima, National Defense AcademyFebruary 24 - March 4, 2005.Y. Tsuji and Y Namegaya, University of TokyoH. Matsumoto, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyM. Sriwichai, Thai Meteorological DepartmentV. Meesuk, HAIIIndiaJanuary 7 - January 11, 2005.EERI Tsunami Survey - Oregon State UniversityFebruary 20 - March 5, 2005. in JapaneseSugimoto, National Museum of EthnologySugimoto, Kyoto Bunkyo UniversityFukao, Takushoku UniversityMarch 18 - March 27, 2005. in Japanese PPTAndaman IslandsIkeda, Kayanne and Echigo, University of TokyoShishikura and Kamataki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyKato, Earthquake Research Institute, Univ. of Tokyo. in JapaneseAndaman IslandsSato, Hirosaki Univ. in JapaneseAndaman IslandsSri LankaJanuary 4 - January 6, 2005.GalleY. Kawata and T. Yasuda, Kyoto UniversityF. Imamura, Tohoku UniversityT. Tomita and T. Arikawa, Port and Airport Research InstituteJanuary 6 - January 9, 2005.Southern CoastT. Shibayama, J. Sasaki, T. Suzuki and R. Jayaratne, Yokohama National UniversityA. Okayasu, Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyN. Wijayaratra, University of RuhunaJanuary 9 - January 15, 2005.USGS, EERI, NSF, GSMBSL, GeoEnv - Sri Lanka International Tsunami Survey TeamInitial Findings on Tsunami Sand Deposits, Damage, and Inundation in Sri LankaFebruary 23 - March 19, 2005.Tanioka and Nishimura, Hokkaido UniversityMatsumoto, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyInoue, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyFebruary 25 - March 5, 2005.Southern PartS. Sato, Y. Koibuchi, T. Honda, T. Welhena and S. Ranasinghe, University of TokyoMarch 12 - March 20, 2005. in JapaneseTakakuwa, Tokyo Metropolitan CollegeUSC Tsunami Research CenterTsunami Research at GTSMaldivesJanuary 27 - February 5, 2005.Fujima and Shigihara, National Defense AcademyTomita and Honda, Port and Airport Research InstituteNobuoka, Ibaraki UniversityHanzawa, Tetra Co., Ltd.Fujii, INA CorporationOtani, Taisei CorporationOrishimo, Pacific Consultants InternationalTatsumi, WakachikuKoshimura, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation InstitutionUSC Tsunami Research CenterTsunami Research at GTSMyanmarMarch 6 - March 18, 2005.Satake, Okamura, Sawai, Kamataki and Aung, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyWin, Nagoya UniversitySomaliaUSC Tsunami Reseach CenterTsunami Research at GTSMalaysiaAhmet C. Yalciner, Nor Hisham Ghazali, Ahmad Khairi Abd WahabClearing HouseEarthquake Engineering Reseach Institute |
Astronomical Tide Levels along the coast of Indian OceanYoshinobu TSUJI, Yuichi NAMEGAYA, and Junichi ITOTide Table of PhuketDecember, 2004January, 2004February, 2004 |
2005 Calendar of upcoming conferences and seminars - USC Tsunami Research Center
Asian Tsunami Video Footage from the Web - AsianTsunamiVideos.comPhotos and Videos from the aftermath of the Asia Tsunami - Waveofdestruction.orgAsia's Deadly TsunamiCheese and Crackers: Tsunami VideoPunditGuy: Tsunami Video |
USGSHazards Data Distribution SystemNOAATsunami & Earthquake DataPDCPacific Disaster Center |
UN News CenterTsunami in South AsiaUNOffice of the Spokesman for the Secretary-GeneralOCHAOffice for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsReliefWebIRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks)IRINnews AfricaUNHCRUnited Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesWHOWorld Health OrganizationSouth Asia earthquake & tsunamisWFPWorld Food ProgrammeNewsroom |
UNICEFUnited Nations Children's FundPress centreUNFPAUnited Nations Population FundAsia Tsunami DisasterUNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationUNDPUnited Nations Development ProgrammeNewsroomThe World Bank GroupIMFInternational Monetary FundISDRInternational Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
Worst Affected Areas - Guardian UnlimitedRegional Map of Tsunami-Affected Areas (JPEG) - Charter |
| Country | Areas / people affected | Damage | Displaced Peoples | Relief | Injured | Missing | Deaths |
| Sri Lanka | 12 coastal districts 103,789 affected families |
103,753 affected houses |
500,668 | 328 relief camps | 15,196 | 5,644 | 30,959 |
| India | 2200 km of coastal land 300m-3km inland 3 million people |
897 villages 157,393 dwelling units 11,827 HA of cropped area 1.56B USD |
647,556 | 595 relief camps with 376,171 people 638,297 people evacuated |
6,898 | 5,551 | 10,872 |
| Indonesia | Aceh: Districts (14 out of 21); 1 million people |
172 sub-districts 1550 villages 21,659 houses destroyed |
417,124 living in spontaneous settlements | 103 camps officially listed - numbers and camps remain fluid | 1,736 hospitalized | 127,749 | 101,199 buried |
| Thailand | 6 provinces on west Thai coast with 308 villages 12,068 households |
6.85M Baht have been provided to assist victims | 47,708 rescue workers mobilized | 8,457 | 3,144 | 5,332 | |
| Malaysia | NW states of Penang and Kedah | 8,000 | 30,000 in 9 camps | 73 in-patient 694 outpatient |
6 | 68 | |
| Maldives | 20 atolls 100,000 people affected |
3,997 buildings, including 30 health facilities at differing levels | 10,578 | 1,313 | 26 | 83 | |
| Myanmar | 23 villages, |
592 houses of 17 villages destroyed | 2,592 homeless/ households (537) | 43 | 3 | 61 | |
| Bangladesh | 2 (1/3 16:00 CNN) |
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| East Africa | 136 (12/30 20:36 共同通信) |
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| (Somalia) | Puntland region worst-hit,? 650 km of coastline | 600 families have lost properties. 2,600 fishing boats destroyed |
Approx. 4,000 | Many sheltering under plastic sheeting or in branch huts | NA | NA | At least 150 |
| (Tanzania) | 10 (1/3 16:00 CNN) |
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| (Seychelles) | Unconfirmed reports of deaths (12/29 19:39 CNN) |
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| (Madagascar) | |||||||
| (Kenya) | 1 (12/29 19:39 CNN) |
| Country | Deaths |
| France | 22 |
| UK | 16 |
| Norway | 13 |
| Itary | 11 |
| Sweden | 10 |
| US | 8 |
| Austraria | 6 |
| Japan | 9 |
| Koria | 4 |
| Germany | 4 |
| Austria | 4 |
| Canada | 3 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Singapore | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 |
| South Africa | 2 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
Project for the Promotion of the Story of "Inamura no Hi" in the Asian region
List (PDF) - OCHA
| Japan | $500M government donations, 120 civilian emergency workers |
| United States | $350M(Expected to rise to $650M) government donations, military assistance involving 12,600 personnel, 21 ships, 14 cargo planes and more than 90 helicopters, $200M private donations |
| Norway | $183M government donations, $30M private donations |
| Britain | $96M government donations, $466M private donations, Two RAF planes, a C-17 and a Tristar, are helping to deliver aid to the region. |
| Italy | $95M government aid, $20M private donations, |
| Sweden | $80M government donations, at least $75M private donations |
| Denmark | $75M government aid, a field hospital, transport vehicles and a ship to the UN aid effort |
| Spain | $68M government donations, a medical team has been sent to Sri Lanka |
| France | $66M government donations, an estimated $90M raised in private and business donations, A medical team has been sent to Sri Lanka |
| Canada | $343M government donations, at least $75M private donations, highly-specialised Disaster Assistance Response Team to Sri Lanka |
| China | $83M government donations, $1.8M donated to the Chinese Red Cross |
| South Korea | $50M government aid, nearly $13M private donations |
| North Korea | pledged $150,000 to the aid effort in Indonesia |
| Australia | $764M over five years government offer of aid, $77M public total, about 350 military staff, 4 military helicopters, a troop transport ship, a military health support team and a water purification plant are being sent to Indonesia, as well as a team of volunteer medical professionals. |
| Netherlands | $34M government donations, further $259M has been allocated for reconstruction, $35M private donations, police identification team has been sent to Thailand |
| Russia | $10M in government aid, additional aid, including grain and water purifiers |
| Germany | government aid to $647M over three years, an estimated $586M public donations, a mobile hospital to Aceh and a military ship with two helicopters, aid supplies, water treatment equipment and an operating theatre on board |
| Qatar | $25m in government aid, food, medical and logistical supplies to affected countries |
| World Bank | $250M |
| European Union | $628M in reconstruction and humanitarian funds, of which $130m is humanitarian aid |
| IMF | has offered up to $1bn in financial assistance |
| Asian Development Bank | $500M has been allocated to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives in the form of grants and highly concessional funds |
| India | relief operation in Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia, involves at least 16,000 troops, 32 navy ships, 41 aircraft including at least 16 helicopters, several medical teams and a mobile hospital. The air force has so far lifted 10,000 tonnes of relief supplies. |
| Bangladesh | 111 soldiers to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, with a further 46 expected to join them, Two planes and two helicopters |
| Pakistan | 500 military staff in medical and engineering teams in Indonesia and Sri Lanka |
| Afghanistan | pledged to send around a dozen medics and a planeload of medicine and equipment to India and Sri Lanka. Citizens have donated blood. |
Thailand - Official Tsunami and Disaster Center
India - National Disaster Management
Sri Lanka - Center for National Operations
Maldives - National Disaster Management Center
Malaysia - National Security Division
US - Indian Ocean Tsunami
Japan - Major Earthquake off the Coast of Sumatra and Tsunami in the Indian Ocean
EU - Tsunami Disaster European Solidarity
ASEAN - Committee on Disaster Management
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