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| ARTICLES RELATED TO India Plate | | | |  India Plate: Encyclopedia II - South Asia - NomenclatureThe term "South Asia"' is a common contemporary term for what in times before 1947, the end of the British Raj and the beginning of the First Indo-Pakistani War, was simply known as "British India", Hindustan, or references were used to denote local empires such as the Mughal Empire, Delhi Sultanate, etc. as the borders of present South Asia were largely defined by British rule. Prior to Independence that term referred to those portions of the country that were directly administered by the ...
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| | | | | | | India Plate: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Quake characteristics The earthquake was initially reported as 8.6 on the Richter scale. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) also estimated it at 8.5 shortly after the earthquake. On the moment magnitude scale, which is more accurate for quakes of this size, the earthquake's magnitude was first reported as 8.1 by the U.S. Geological Survey. After further analysis, this was increased to 8.5, 8.9, and 9.0 [5]. In February 2005, some scientists revised the estimate of magnitude ...
See also:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Quake characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tectonic plates, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Aftershocks and other earthquakes, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Power of the earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tsunami characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Signs and warnings, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Unfamiliarity with warning signs, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Retreat and rise cycle, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Damage and casualties, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Countries affected, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Casualties in historical context, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Human component in magnitude of damage, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Humanitarian economic and environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Economic impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Other effects, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Footnotes Read more here: » 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Quake characteristics |
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| | | | | India Plate: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Humanitarian, economic and environmental impact A great deal of humanitarian aid was needed due to widespread damage of the infrastructure, shortages of food and water, and economic damage. Epidemics were of special concern, due to the high population density and tropical climate of the affected areas. The main concern of humanitarian and government agencies was to provide sanitation facilities and fresh drinking water to contain the spread of diseases such as cholera, diphtheria, dysentery and typhoid.
In the days after the event, significant effort was spent in burying bodies hur ...
See also:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Quake characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tectonic plates, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Aftershocks and other earthquakes, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Power of the earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tsunami characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Signs and warnings, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Unfamiliarity with warning signs, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Retreat and rise cycle, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Damage and casualties, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Countries affected, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Casualties in historical context, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Human component in magnitude of damage, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Humanitarian, economic and environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Economic impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Other effects, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Footnotes Read more here: » 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Humanitarian, economic and environmental impact |
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| | | | | India Plate: Encyclopedia II - South Asia - Geography Geographically, the region is bound by the Himalaya to the north and east, and the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal to the south. The Hindu Kush mountains that run through Afghanistan and northern Pakistan are usually considered the northwestern edge of the subcontinent.
Geologically, most of this region is a subcontinent because it rests on a tectonic plate of its own, the India Plate, separate from the rest of Eurasia, and was once a small continent before colliding with the Eurasian Plate and giving birth to the Himalayan range an ...
See also:South Asia, South Asia - Nomenclature, South Asia - Geography, South Asia - Climate, South Asia - Other subregions of Asia Read more here: » South Asia: Encyclopedia II - South Asia - Geography |
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| | | | | | India Plate: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tsunami characteristics The sudden vertical rise of the seabed by several metres during the earthquake displaced massive volumes of water, resulting in a tsunami that struck the coasts of the Indian Ocean. A tsunami which causes damage far away from its source is sometimes called a "teletsunami", and is much more likely to be produced by vertical motion of the seabed than by horizontal motion (Earthquakes and tsunamis, Lorca et al.).
See a full-length animation of how the waves travelled (large file, about 1 MiB) to s ...
See also:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Quake characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tectonic plates, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Aftershocks and other earthquakes, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Power of the earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tsunami characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Signs and warnings, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Unfamiliarity with warning signs, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Retreat and rise cycle, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Damage and casualties, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Countries affected, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Casualties in historical context, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Human component in magnitude of damage, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Humanitarian economic and environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Economic impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Other effects, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Footnotes Read more here: » 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tsunami characteristics |
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| | | | | India Plate: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Humanitarian economic and environmental impact A great deal of humanitarian aid was needed due to widespread damage of the infrastructure, shortages of food and water, and economic damage. Epidemics were of special concern, due to the high population density and tropical climate of the affected areas. The main concern of humanitarian and government agencies was to provide sanitation facilities and fresh drinking water to contain the spread of diseases such as cholera, diphtheria, dysentery and typhoid.
In the days after the event, significant effort was spent in burying bodies hur ...
See also:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Quake characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tectonic plates, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Aftershocks and other earthquakes, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Power of the earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tsunami characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Signs and warnings, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Unfamiliarity with warning signs, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Retreat and rise cycle, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Damage and casualties, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Countries affected, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Casualties in historical context, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Human component in magnitude of damage, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Humanitarian economic and environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Economic impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Other effects, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Footnotes Read more here: » 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Humanitarian economic and environmental impact |
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| | | | | India Plate: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Human component in magnitude of damage An article in The Wall Street Journal on December 31, 2004 commented that human destruction of coral reefs that had formerly protected some coastal areas was a significant factor in the loss of life and damage in the area. The article pointed to the Surin Island chain off Thailand's coast as an example of protection afforded by the still intact reefs of the area. Fewer people perished in the protected areas. However, one must keep in mind that there were many fewer people on these islands, which helps explain the lower death toll. Man ...
See also:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Quake characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tectonic plates, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Aftershocks and other earthquakes, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Power of the earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tsunami characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Signs and warnings, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Unfamiliarity with warning signs, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Retreat and rise cycle, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Damage and casualties, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Countries affected, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Casualties in historical context, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Human component in magnitude of damage, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Humanitarian economic and environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Economic impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Other effects, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Footnotes Read more here: » 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Human component in magnitude of damage |
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| | | | | India Plate: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Damage and casualties The U.S. Geological Survey records the toll as 283,100 killed, 14,100 missing, and 1,126,900 people displaced [55]. Early news reports after the earthquake spoke of a toll only in the "hundreds", but the numbers rose steadily over the following week.
Relief agencies report that one-third of the dead appear to be children. This is a result of the high proportion of children in the populations of many of the affected regions and because children were the ...
See also:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Quake characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tectonic plates, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Aftershocks and other earthquakes, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Power of the earthquake, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Tsunami characteristics, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Signs and warnings, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Unfamiliarity with warning signs, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Retreat and rise cycle, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Damage and casualties, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Countries affected, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Casualties in historical context, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Human component in magnitude of damage, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Humanitarian economic and environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Economic impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Environmental impact, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Other effects, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Footnotes Read more here: » 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake: Encyclopedia II - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Damage and casualties |
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