Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami of 2004

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/asia_quake_disaster/default.stm

Home page for BBC News reports on the 26/12/04 earthquake and subsequent Tsunami damage.

BBC Asia Earthquake Disaster

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/specials/2004/asia_earthquake_disaster/default.stm

BBC home page for reports aimed more at children.

BBC “Tsunami among world's worst disasters”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4128509.stm

Article with brief descriptions comparing effects of various natural disasters since 1500s.

CNN “Waves of Destruction”

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/

Home page for CNN reports.

ABC News Tsunami page

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Tsunami/

Home page for ABC News reports.

Guardian Unlimited – Special Report

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/0,15671,1380306,00.html

Links to features and resources. Animations very useful. (May be slow to load.)

US Geological Survey http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/

Detailed parameters of quake, hi-res maps and other information.

Earth Observatory – Natural Hazards

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12640

Map of epicentre, immediate plate boundaries and aftershocks.

BBC animated guide

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4136289.stm

Slides with (limited) animation showing affected area, formation of tsunami and results.

BBC “How the quake unfolded”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/asia_pac_asia_earthquake_explained/html/1.stm

Illustrated description of the event. (7 “slides”)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration animation

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/video/tsunami-indonesia2004.mov

5.8Mb QuickTime animation showing shockwaves spreading across complete Indian Ocean area.

AIST animation

http://staff.aist.go.jp/kenji.satake/animation.gif

1.1Mb animated GIF. (Plays in browser but can also be downloaded for more “controlled” viewing in a graphics package that supports this type of file.) Shows time after initial quake.

Discovery Channel animation of Indonesian tsunami

http://media.dsc.discovery.com/news/media/tsunami_wmp.html

Animation for Windows Media Player. (Flash version also available. May include advertising.)

Swiss Seismological Survey seismograms

http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/redpuma/signals/KP200412260111.html

Actual “printout” from seismometers (in Switzerland) for the event.