Did the maldives get hit by the tsunami. Tsunamis are caused by strong earthquakes or land slides which are bothvery unfortunately totally unpredictable. The deadliest tsunami in recorded history was the 2004 indian ocean tsunami which killed almost 230000 people in fourteen countries including indonesia sri lanka india thailand somalia myanmar maldives malaysia tanzania seychelles bangladesh south africa yemen and kenya listed in order of confirmed death numbers. In order to easily understand what we are talking about a simple experiment can be carried out.
Two thirds of the capital city male was flooded during the first hours of the day. However the scattered atoll nation faces a major challenge to process waste exacerbated by the 26 december tsunami a challenge the international federation is helping the local population to meet. There was no high ground or even dry ground to run to.
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. A tsunami did hit the maldives after the indonesian quake of 2004. Tsunami in the maldives the tsunami on the 26th december 2004 an earthquake that took place 300 km west of the island of sumatra generated a gigantic wave.
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. In the maldives all islands except for 9 were hit by the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. The maldives were not hit by destructive waves like the ones that struck indonesia and thailand.
The maldives is so low that tsunami water swept over nearly every inch of the entire nation. Islanders said the were no waves. Scientists had worried that the tsunami might badly damage the land surface too by permanently sweeping away much of the islands sand.
It flooded many of the islands and left 80 people dead. Rather the tsunami waves were like rising surges of water that swamped the islands. Indonesian officials estimated that the death toll there alone ultimately exceeded 200000 particularly in northern sumatras aceh province.
The tsunami killed at least 225000 people across a dozen countries with indonesia sri lanka india maldives and thailand sustaining massive damage.