Tsunami, Indonesia and Thailand

On December 26, 2004, an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 struck off the west coast of Sumatra in the Indonesian Archipelago. This earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami and caused tremors that killed over 104,000 people in Indonesia and over 5,000 in Thailand.

Indonesia was the worst affected followed by Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Somalia, Maldives, Malaysia and Myanmar.

 

Type of event
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Location of event
Indonesia and Thailand
Date of Charter Activation
2004-12-28
Time of Charter Activation
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Time zone of Charter Activation
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Charter Requestor
UNOOSA on behalf of UNOPS
Activation ID
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Project Management
UNOSAT
Value Adding
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