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12-26-2009, 08:22 AM
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Check the Video Above Made Especially For The 5 Year Memorial Of The Tsunami And Leave Your Comments!
Five years ago, we witnessed what is now known as the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.
With a magnitude of 9.0, the energy released on the Earth's surface only, which is the seismic potential for damage, by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami was estimated at 26.3 megatons of TNT. This energy is equivalent to over 1502 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, but less than that of Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated.
The casualties which resulted have never been accurately recorded while estimates have put the figure as high as 30,000 lives lost just in Sri Lanka. The total death toll in the whole region exceeds 200,000+.
Five years after the tragic incident let us remember all those who we lost to the deadly waves. Their memories will forever live on because 26.12.2004 will definitely be a day which will never be forgotten in the lives of all Sri Lankans. The future generations will definitely get to know of that day as a day after which all Sri Lankans came together and helped rebuild our nation out of a grim situation.
Let Us Remember Those We Lost On 26-12-2004!
Check the Video Above Made Especially For The 5 Year Memorial Of The Tsunami And Leave Your Comments!
Five years ago, we witnessed what is now known as the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.
With a magnitude of 9.0, the energy released on the Earth's surface only, which is the seismic potential for damage, by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami was estimated at 26.3 megatons of TNT. This energy is equivalent to over 1502 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, but less than that of Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated.
The casualties which resulted have never been accurately recorded while estimates have put the figure as high as 30,000 lives lost just in Sri Lanka. The total death toll in the whole region exceeds 200,000+.
Five years after the tragic incident let us remember all those who we lost to the deadly waves. Their memories will forever live on because 26.12.2004 will definitely be a day which will never be forgotten in the lives of all Sri Lankans. The future generations will definitely get to know of that day as a day after which all Sri Lankans came together and helped rebuild our nation out of a grim situation.
Let Us Remember Those We Lost On 26-12-2004!