December 26, 2004
Sumatra, Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami
General Information
- USGS Event Page
- IRIS Sumatra-Andaman Islands Earthquake Page
- NOAA Tsunami report Event Page
- Tectonic summary of the Sumatra earthquake (from USGS)
- 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (Wikipedia)
- Indonesia geodynamic research (from RPI)
- Frequently asked questions about the Sumatra earthquake (from USGS)
- Small Threat, but Warning Sounded for Tsunami Research (article in AusGeo News, written 3 months prior to tsunami)
- Tsunami model for the Indian Ocean (from the Japanese Natl. Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology)
Tsunami animation
Seismograms
- 'Drumplot' recording from PPOHH (Oak Hill H.S., Converse, IN)
- IU PEPP Network Recording
- IU PEPP Network Recording showing three different p-wave arrivals
- IU PEPP Network Recording showing PKP-wave arrival (refracted through Earth's core)
- IU PEPP Network Recording showing low-frequency wave diffracted around Earth's core
- PPBLO 3-Component Record
- Detail of P-wave arrival at BLO (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN)
- Collection of seismograms recorded by the AS-1 seismograph network (IRIS Seismographs in Schools Program)
Seismic Records for this Event
- Download Data for this Event (IRIS - WILBER II)
Earthquake and Tsunami Maps
- Epicenter Location Map (USGS)
- Regional Tectonic Setting of Sumatra Earthquake (USGS)
[High resolution version]- Historical Seismic Activity Map (region) (USGS)
[High resolution version]- Historical Seismic Activity Map (epicentral area) (USGS)
- Tectonic setting of the Sumatra earthquake showing plate motions with respect to Eurasia (Jules Verne Voyager)
- Aftershocks of the Sumatra earthquake (USGS)
- Aftershocks of the Sumatra earthquake with bathymetry (Jules Verne Voyager)
- Tsunami travel time map, based on tsunami propagation model (Kenji Satake, Natl. Inst. of Sci. & Tech., Japan) Regional tsunami travel time map
- Seismic intensity map, based on felt reports from the region (USGS)
- Historical map of tsunamigenic earthquakes in the region (USGS)
- QuickTime animation of tsunami propagation (NOAA)
- Generalized Seismic Hazard Map of the region (USGS)
[High resolution version]News Articles
- Earthquake headlines from Google
- Tsunami Disaster in Southeast & South Asia (resource page for journalists, from the South Asian Journalists Association)
- Tsunami Death Toll could Exceed 60,000 (CNN) (Dec 28)
- Quake Prompts Massive Aid Effort (BBC) (Dec 28)
- Tsunami Devastates Remote Indian Island Group Reuters (Dec 28)
- How scientists watch for killer waves MSNBC (Dec 27)
- New push for tsunami-alert system Christian Science Monitor (Dec 28)
- Scientists: Quake may have made Earth wobble CNN (Dec 29)
- Andaman aborigines' fate unclear BBC (Dec 30)
- How Scientists and Victims Watched Helplessly (New York Times (Dec 31)
- Earthquakes Shake Up Governments BBC News Analysis (Jan 3)
- Tsunami warning system being developed in Seattle could avert disasters Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Dec 28)
- In Past Tsunamis, Tantalizing Clues to Future Ones New York Times (Jan 4)
- NOAA SCIENTISTS ABLE TO MEASURE TSUNAMI HEIGHT FROM SPACE (NOAA)
- Earthquake Teaches Valuable Lessons Interview with Michael Hamburger, WISH-TV (Dec 29)
Pictures
- Asia's Deadly Waves: Interactive graphics and photos of the destruction in Asia (New York Times)
- The Christmas Tsunami: A Tragedy in Photographs (Newsweek)
- Photo gallery from CNN
- BBC Photo gallery
- Digital Globe Tsunami Gallery (Satellite Imagery)
- Digital Globe Imagery Analysis: Tsunami Impact on Sri Lanka (PDF file)
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