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The tsunami struck the west coast of Phuket island, flooding the island and causing damage to almost all the major beaches such as Patong, Karon, Kamala, and Kata beach. The resort area of Khao Lak some 80 km north of Phuket was hit far worse with 3,950 confirmed deaths. However, the death toll in Khao Lak may have exceeded 4,500.
The tsunami moved counter-clockwise around Phuket Island, as was the case at Okushiri Island in the 1993 Hokkaido earthquake. According to interviews, the second wave was the largest. [ 89 ] The tsunami heights were 5–6 m (16–20 ft) and the inundated depth was about 2 m (6.6 ft).
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami occurred on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The earthquake itself, with a moment magnitude of around 9.1-9.3, devastated Aceh Province, Indonesia, while the tsunami affected countries all around the Indian Ocean. Nations which were affected are listed below in alphabetical order.
Tilly Smith. Tilly Smith (born 1994) is a British woman who, as a child, was credited with saving the lives of approximately 100 beachgoers at Mai Khao Beach in Thailand by warning them minutes before the arrival of the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. [1][2] Smith, who was ten years old at the time, had learned about ...
Hat Kata Noi. Coordinates: 7°48′23″N 98°17′56″E. The beach and the bay at Kata Noi (December 2003). Hat Kata Noi (Thai: หาดกะตะน้อย, pronounced [hàːt kā.tàʔ nɔ́ːj]; Noi meaning 'little' in Thai) is a beach on the southwest side of the island of Phuket in Thailand. It is adjacent to Kata Beach to the south ...
The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake of a magnitude of 9.1 was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. On December 26, 2004, the earthquake, which struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, generated a tsunami that wreaked havoc along much of the rim of the Indian Ocean.
Commons. Timeline. v. t. e. Although National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Hawaii eventually issued warnings of a possible tsunami from the large earthquake off Sumatra, the waves outran notification systems at jet speeds of 500 mph (804 km/h), catching hundreds of ...
Phuket lies off the west coast of mainland Thailand in the Andaman Sea. Phuket Island is connected by the Sarasin Bridge to Phang Nga province to the north. The next nearest province is Krabi, to the east across Phang Nga Bay. Phuket province, encompassing an area of 576 km 2 (222 sq mi), ranks as the second-smallest province in Thailand.