Could a tsunami hit the maldives. It turns out that the maldives made it mostly unscathed through the tsunami because they lie in deep ocean water and thus tsunami waves didnt have time to grow to great heightsthe tsunami waves that hit the maldives were only one fifth the height of the ones that swept over thailand. The maldives were not hit by destructive waves like the ones that struck indonesia and thailand. A nation of 1190 coral islands almost.
Indonesian officials estimated that the death toll there alone ultimately exceeded 200000 particularly in northern sumatras aceh province. A tsunami did hit the maldives after the indonesian quake of 2004. The tsunami killed at least 225000 people across a dozen countries with indonesia sri lanka india maldives and thailand sustaining massive damage.
The government declared there were 82 dead and 26 missing persons approximately 4000 homes destroyed while 725 of the tourist islands remained totally operative 63 islands out of 87. This is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world. The earthquake a whopping 85 on the richter scale at its origin and was felt at a thankfully lower 40 in the maldives according the meteorological department.
Yes the maldives have already experienced a tsunami after the giant 2004 sumatra earthquake but the islands are not located on a fault or any other geological system at risk known to date. Tens of thousands were reported dead or missing in sri lanka and india a large number of them from the indian andaman and nicobar islands territory. 82 people were killed and 24 reported missing and presumed dead after it was hit by a tsunami caused by the 2004 indian ocean earthquake on 26 december 2004.
Tsunamis are caused by strong earthquakes or land slides which are bothvery unfortunately totally unpredictable. Rather it felt like the islands were sinking. The tsunami that features on youtube is the very same one that hit everywhere else in asia and africa and as far i can see it is the only one to affect the maldives in recent times.
Outlying low level atolls were badly affected and some low lying. If you want to go to the maldives you should be very safe from things like tsunamis and other events of nature. According to the aftermath study done by vassar university the tsunami presented as an over wash event in other words the maldives were submerged averaging about 3 meters in depth with a maximum of 4 meters in depth.
The story of adamu and kandolhudoo is just one example of how the tsunami has hit the maldives. If the tsunami had struck the maldives at high tide probably the damages would have been much greater. Islanders said the were no waves.
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