Case Studies- environment

Case studies on the tsunami

the environment

At 0058 GMT, 26 December 2004 a massive earthquake impacted Thailand with a magnitude of 9.0. this struck the coastal area off the northern sumatra within Indonesia. a number of aftershocks also occurred causing mass damage to the environment of the island, some of the magnitude lead to 7.1. These earthquakes triggered tsunamis, which were located around the Indian Ocean. It affected -Indonesia and neighboring countries located in Asia. (Including india, Malaysia, Maldives, sri lanka and Thailand) it affected the east coasts of Africa and including Somalia and Yemen. This tsunami caused serious damage to the coastal areas as well as the small islands outside of Thailand.

the tsunami's death toll had been known for the estimated amount of people's death, the estimated number of deaths were 250,000 people the majority was women and children besides men. Millions more have been displaced or rendered homeless cause of the damage from the tsunami and -particularly severe as a increasingly percentage of the population of Thailand and many key cities and towns, lie within 50km of the ocean edge.

The result of the indo-austalian plate sub-ducting the Eurasian plates, which caused a mass earthquake,The plates shifting created the tsunami, which went for 800km per hour. The mini-impacts of the tsunami was the ocean floor opening up into a sea cavern, a quarter of a million of dead people, People were swept away in the waters, which arrived rapidly and with little warning, Mangrove swamps helped to act as a barrier to reduce the energy of the water in some areas, Short-term aid, such as water purification tablets, temporary housing and medical supplies were given from -international countries and the Islands reliant on tourism and fishing, such as the Maldives, had to rebuild their industries.

The impacts of the tsunami on Thailand was along the Andaman coast which affected 6 coastal provinces, these impacts on the provinces were variad due to differences in the land formations as well as slopes and elevation and the presence or absence of the natural barriers such as coral reefs and mangroves. The number of varied coastal and land ecosystems were affected by the -tsunami and particularly coral reefs as well.