2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Bangladesh gptkb:India gptkb:Indonesia gptkb:Kenya gptkb:Malaysia gptkb:Myanmar gptkb:Seychelles gptkb:Somalia gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:Sri_Lanka gptkb:Tanzania gptkb:Thailand gptkb:Maldives
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Boxing_Day_Tsunami
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude	9.1–9.3 Mw
gptkbp:borders	gptkb:Sunda_megathrust
gptkbp:casualties	over 227,000
gptkbp:causedBy	subduction of the Indian Plate beneath the Burma Plate
gptkbp:consequence	yes
gptkbp:date	26 December 2004
gptkbp:deadliestTsunami	yes
gptkbp:displacedPeople	over 1.7 million
gptkbp:duration	8–10 minutes
gptkbp:economicImportance	over $15 billion
gptkbp:epicenter	off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
gptkbp:internationalAid	over $14 billion pledged
gptkbp:largestEarthquakeSince	1964 Alaska earthquake
gptkbp:maximumDepth	30 km
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	global
gptkbp:notableSurvivor	gptkb:Petra_Nemcova gptkb:Martina_Hingis gptkb:John_Thompson
gptkbp:notableVictim	gptkb:Charlotte_Norrie gptkb:Kristin_Caron gptkb:Mieszko_Talarczyk
gptkbp:rankByMagnitude	third largest since 1900
gptkbp:reliefEffortsBy	yes
gptkbp:ruptureDuration	8–10 minutes
gptkbp:ruptureLength	1,300 km
gptkbp:seafloorDisplacement	up to 20 meters
gptkbp:seismicMoment	4.0×10^22 Nm
gptkbp:tectonicSetting	gptkb:island
gptkbp:tsunami	yes up to 30 meters
gptkbp:tsunamiTravelTimeToAfrica	about 7 hours
gptkbp:tsunamiTravelTimeToIndia	about 2 hours
gptkbp:tsunamiTravelTimeToIndonesia	minutes
gptkbp:tsunamiTravelTimeToSriLanka	about 2 hours
gptkbp:tsunamiTravelTimeToThailand	about 2 hours
gptkbp:tsunamiWarningSystem	not in place at the time
gptkbp:UNESCOResponse	established Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pacific_Ring_of_Fire
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5