Could the maldives have a tsunami. Unfortunately the maldives is very susceptible to tsunami. If the tsunami had struck the maldives at high tide probably the damages would have been much greater. 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.
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. 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. 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.
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. Two thirds of the capital city male was flooded during the first hours of the day. The earthquake that originated in sumatra indonesia on the 26th of december 2004 resulted measured in tsunamis that inflicted massive destruction in the maldives.
If you want to go to the maldives you should be very safe from things like tsunamis and other events of nature. A tsunami did hit the maldives after the indonesian quake of 2004. In the maldives all islands except for 9 were hit by the 2004 indian ocean tsunami.
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