On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck the seafloor about 100 miles off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself was not unusually powerful, but it triggered a series of devastating tsunami waves that smashed into coastal communities on Sumatra and the islands of Java and Sri Lanka.
The tsunami waves were up to 100 feet (30 meters) high in some places, and they swept away homes, cars, and entire villages. More than 230,000 people were killed …
Since 1883, there have been at least 28 tsunamis that have struck the coastline of Indonesia. The majority of these tsunamis have occurred in the last two decades, with 11 tsunamis hitting since 2000.
The most deadly tsunami to ever hit Indonesia occurred on December 26, 2004, when a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra. The tsunami waves that resulted from the earthquake killed more than 227,000 people in 11 countries, including more than 168,000 people in Indonesia.…