Abstract
The December 26, 2004 Sumatra earthquake of Mw 9.1 caused wide spread damage in South and South-East Asian countries. The resultant tsunami claimed an estimated 230,000 human lives, the largest ever loss of human lives in a tsunami. Extensive damage and loss of human lives occurred in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and many other countries. This chapter includes an introduction to the earthquake and an in-depth description of the tsunami.
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Gupta, H.K., Gahalaut, V.K. (2013). 2004 Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake and Tsunami. In: Three Great Tsunamis: Lisbon (1755), Sumatra-Andaman (2004) and Japan (2011). SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6576-4_3
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