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Once upon a time i lived the end

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDrDLAzYhGo

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Which two plates caused the earthquake?
Why did the earthquake occur?
Which industry was largely impacted due to the tsunami?
What is subduction?
How did the tsunami impact the environment?
Other than Indonesia, where else did the earthquake affect?

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On the 26th of December at 7:58:53 am, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake affected Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Malaysia, Madagascar, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa

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Most of the damage was caused by tsunami. There were over 1.7 million people that were left homeless becuase of the tsunami, and over 5 million that needed emergency aid (food, water etc). There were 1,500 villages destroyed in Northern Sumatra. Much of the fishing industry was left devastated by the tsunami as boats, nets and fishing equipment was destroyed- about 60% of Sri Lanka's fishing fleet was destroyed. Many ports worldwide were ruined. There was a major loss of tourism in the year following the tsunami- Phuket's tourists dropped by 80%. Many roads, bridges and rail networks were destroyed.

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The vast majority of the environmental damage was caused by the tsunami. Indonesia's State ministry assessed the damage caused to natural ecosystem. It is estimated that 30% of coral reefs, 20% of sea grass beds and 30% of wetlands have been damaged. Many crops were destroyed as well as farm land was ruined by the salt water. 8 million litres of oil escaped from oil plants in Indonesia.

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Figure from UNEP: These images show a combination of a rocky, hilly headland along with a small river delta and swampy coastal strip. A low-lying wetland area connects the northern and western ocean fronts. An integration of natural and agricultural ecosystems operating prior to the tsunami combined

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This was one of the 10 most tragic earthquakes recorded. A total number of 272, 898 people died. The following tsunami caused serious damage and deaths, as far as the east coast of Africa, and added approximately 17000 to the list.
The earthquake was originally recorded as 8.8 magnitude. In February 2005 scientists remeasured the estimate of the magnitude to 9.0. The earthquake erupted from a depth of 30 km below sea level and the centre of the main earthquake was 160km off the west coast of northern Sumatra.

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The earthquake was caused by 2 subducting plates, at a convergent plate boundary the Indo Australian plate and the Burma Plate. As the Indo Australian plate is the thicker oceanic plate, it slides under the lighter continental Burma plate. As the Indo -Aus plate is sliding, there are places where the plates stick together and are locked, and places where the plate continues moving, which is called creeping. Where the plates are locked, the lower oceanic plate pulls the continental plate down with it causing it to sink. The pressure and strress builds up. When the pressure is too much, the continental plate springs back, the pressure is released. This movement causes an earthquake and tsunami.