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This massive 9.0 magnitude Tsunami/Earthquake happened off the coast of Banda Aceh, northern Sumatra. This is one of the highest magnitude Tsunami/Earthquakes in recorded history, only 5 exceeding over 9. The reason this devastating event occurred was along a thrust fault in the subduction zone, where the Indian tectonic plate is going below the overriding Burmese plate, This caused 1000's of years of stress between the two plates which unless-ed billions of tones of water in all directions, affecting more than 18 country's.

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This massive event affected multiple lives and country's, the survivors left homeless from this traumatic event, buildings and citizens broken and in ruins. The people of these country's lost essential things such as food, water and shelter which are the basics of survival. 230,000 - 250,000 deaths were recorded, hitting Indonesia the hardest. Across the world many people put there hand up to help, with over 7 Billion dollars raised world wide which will help the 18 country's that were affected by this huge tsunami. Many saying that the tsunami changed them for the better.

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The natural effects inflicted by the tsunami wreaked havoc over the country's affected by the tsunami. The debris that was sucked back into the ocean polluting the water and damaging coral reefs and fish. Waste and draining systems were broken affecting drinking water from the salts from the sea, water and waste found in the sea water, also high ammonia levels found in soil from waste pollution. Trees swept-away sending nesting grounds to ruins. The people are know planted natural structures to slow the rush of water.

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Environmental damage from the Indian Ocean Tsunami

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This 4 minute clip summarizes the findings from UNEP's study of the environmental damage caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

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Shoreline of Banda Aceh, Indonesia

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Geographical Information Systems (GIF) is responsible for answering the geographical questions, for example when medical teams need to get to the most affected area's the fastest way, they can get information from GIF (Geographical Information Systems) where to go and the fastest routes. Also people will be wanting to know the impact on geography, infrastructure, and population. This helps many response teams, government, survivors, to aid in determining what areas were affected over a large geographical area.