Boxing day, 2004, in sri lanka was a day when many people lost their lives in a ‘freak act of nature’.
Tsunami 2004 sri lanka. It caused giant, deadly waves to crash ashore in nearly a dozen countries, killing tens of thousands. The devastating tsunami, triggered by. Sri lanka was one of the islands hit by the indian ocean tsunami on 26 december 2004.
Asia experienced the second largest earthquake on record in the indian ocean, off the west coast of sumatra, releasing massive tsunamis which brought death and devastation throughout the region. The 2004 tsunami was the deadliest and one of the most destructive in recorded history. Asia experienced the second largest earthquake on record in the indian ocean, off the west coast of sumatra, releasing massive tsunamis which brought death and devastation throughout the region.
2004), but the peace process was increasingly unstable and tensions between the two were growing (bbc 15 dec. It is 1,700 kilometers from the epicenter. 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.
When the tsunami struck, there was a truce between the liberation tigers of tamil eelam (ltte) and the government (afp 29 dec. A long stretch of sri lanka’s coast was devastated by these killer waves, with more than 40,000 dead. The indian ocean tsunami of 2004 killed at least 225,000 people across a dozen countries, with indonesia, sri lanka, india, maldives, and thailand sustaining massive damage.
What caused the 2004 tsunami in sri lanka? Tsunami runup heights of more than 30 meters were observed along the west coast of sumatra. When the 2004 indian ocean tsunami hit sri lanka, it derailed a train that was taking passengers from the capital colombo to sri lanka's southern city galle.
(see also, the usgs earthquake summary; The tsunami is generated between the island of sumatra and the sunda trench. This animation shows a model of the tsunami generated by the december 26, 2004 earthquake.