BANDA ASCHE, INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE

AND TSUNAMI

DECEMBER 26, 2004

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Disaster Reduction, Vienna,

Virginia, USA Virginia, USA 

GREAT SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE-INDIAN OCEAN

TSUNAMI DISASTER

DECEMBER 26, 2004

LOCATION

BEFORE AND AFTER THE DISASTER

• SOURCE OF IMAGES: SPACE IMAGING/CRISP-SINGAPORE

• NOTE: A TSUNAMI CAN TRAVEL AT SPEEDS OF 800 KM/HR IN THE DEEP OCEAN

BEFORE DECEMBER 26, 2004 EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

AFTER DECEMBER 26, 2004 EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

BEFORE DECEMBER 26, 2004 EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

AFTER DECEMBER 26, 2004 EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

BEFORE DECEMBER 26, 2004 EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

AFTER DECEMBER 26, 2004 EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

BEFORE DECEMBER 26, 2004 EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

AFTER DECEMBER 26, 2004 EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

DECEMBER 26, 2004 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

DISASTER• TRIGGERED BY A SHALLOW, M 9.3

EARTHQUAKE LOCATED 260 KM (155 MI) FROM BANDA ACEH, SUMATRA

• TSUNAMI WAVES WITH WAVE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 10 M AND RUNUP OF 3.3 KM OR MORE ON COASTS OF 12 NATIONS

• NO WARNING SYSTEM

DECEMBER 26, 2004 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

DISASTER

• AS MANY AS 220,000 PEOPLE KILLED (120,000 ON INDONESIA) AND 500,000 INJURED

• IMMEDIATE NEED FOR FOOD, WATER, AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO PREVENT “A DISASTER AFTER THE DISASTER”

DECEMBER 26, 2004 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI DISASTER

• MILLIONS DISPLACED FROM HOMES

• BILLIONS OF DOLLARS NEEDED FOR RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND RECONSTRUCTION

• INTERNATIONAL AID WAS COORDINATED BY UN, USA, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, & JAPAN

DECEMBER 26, 2004 INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI

DISASTER• MILLIONS DISPLACED FROM

HOMES• BILLIONS OF DOLLARS NEEDED

FOR RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND RECONSTRUCTION

• INTERNATIONAL AID WAS COORDINATED BY UN, USA, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, & JAPAN

MITIGATION MEASURES

• PREVENTION (CONTROL THE SOURCE)

• PROTECTION (BUILD TO WITHSTAND)

• LAND-USE CONTROL

MITIGATION MEASURES

• SITE MODIFICATION • ALERT/WARNING • RESPONSE TO

ALERT/WARNING• EVACUATION• RECOVERY and

RECONSTRUCTION