The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 08:58:53 UTC on December 26th, The quake shocks are 9.1 to 9.3 in the scale of Moment and IX (Violent) power in Mercalli intensity scale.This earthquake and tsunami is one of the deadliest natural disasters in history. Indonesia is a country with the most severe impacts other than Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
In addition to the magnitude of the earthquake that reached, 9.2 SR, the duration of the earthquake before the tsunami also makes it the longest earthquake in history
At that time, the earth shook violently for about 8 to 10 minutes.
After the earthquake, sea water began to recede from the coastline and there was a big wave of tsunamis
16 hours after the earthquake, South Africa is also hit by a tsunami wave as high as 1.5 meters
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