Hi guys. I bet you guys cannot wait for the eidul fitri next week. Haha. But hold on a second. Let me share a tragedy involving our country. It is the tsunami in 2004, the biggest tsunami in the history. This targedy also involve other country such as indonesia,myanmar,thailand,sri lanka,maldives,india and somalia . Almost 10 years the tragedy was passed but the memories still fresh in our mind. This tragedy cause many dead and destruction of the buildings.
The
earthquake was caused when the Indian Plate was subducted by the Burma Plate
and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most
landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people in fourteen
countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100
ft) high
Some information data from the tsunami
Country where deaths occurred | Confirmed | Estimated | Injured | Missing | Displaced |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indonesia | 130,736 | 167,799 | n/a | 37,063 | 500,000+ |
Sri Lanka | 35,322 | 35,322 | 21,411 | n/a | 516,150 |
India | 12,405 | 18,045 | n/a | 5,640 | 647,599 |
Thailand | 5,395 | 8,212 | 8,457 | 2,817 | 7,000 |
Somalia | 78 | 289 | n/a | n/a | 5,000 |
Myanmar (Burma) | 61 | 400–600 | 45 | 200 | 3,200 |
Maldives | 82 | 108 | n/a | 26 | 15,000+ |
Malaysia | 68 | 75 | 299 | 6 | n/a |
Tanzania | 10 | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Seychelles | 3 | 3 | 57 | n/a | 200 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
South Africa | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Yemen | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Kenya | 1 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
Madagascar | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,000+ |
Total | ~184,167 | ~230,273 | ~125,000 | ~45,752 | ~1.69 million |
PRECAUTION
Now many countries has installed the anti-tsunami walls around the coast that can detect the presence of a tsunami
as a first step to cope with the tsunami. The residents will survive if they has
taken a first step to alert with the disaster
This tragedy remind us to beware of the ocean earthquake that lead to the tsunami. This disaster cannot be prevented but we can take the precautionary steps to alert with the ocean earthquake activity. So let the tragedy be a reminder to us.
Tsunami that happen toward others country remind us how much we have to be grateful and thank to Allah. But we do not know how long this peace will be continue because there will be much much more things that can be happen in future. Actually we had being teased by Allah as what had happen to our country nowadays. That's why we must continue pray to Allah to prevent us from the worst disaster as Tsunami.
ReplyDeleteAssalamualaikum.Many people thinks that was a natural disaster,but for me it was a retaliation from Allah that caused by human hands.Today people do not remember Allah S.W.T.Allah S.W.T did a tsunami for people to thinks and back to Allah.We can see after the tsunami only mosque that stand staunchly.
ReplyDeleteAsslamualaikum. Muslims must thinks this happen because the got some challenge from allah S.W.T
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