Real Boxing Day Tsunami Wave. 2004 boxing day tsunami. What started out as a fine day in southeast asia would turn into a catastrophic nightmare that would go on to be dubbed the boxing day tsunami.
This day shook the world as the waters of the indian ocean wrecked havoc on the asian subcontinent. There is another episode of our boxing day tsunami series which tells of the indian ocean tsunami in 2004. It began at 7 59am local time on december 26 2004 when a 9 1 magnitude quake struck off the northern tip of sumatra in indonesia.
The boxing day tsunami in 2004 is believed to be the deadliest tsunami in history killing more than 230 000 people across 14 countries.
The 2004 indian ocean earthquake and tsunami also known as the boxing day tsunami and by the scientific community the sumatra andaman earthquake occurred at 07 58 53 in local time on 26 december with an epicentre off the west coast of northern sumatra indonesia. After being submerged for more than three minutes she finally surfaced and. Maria was horrifically wounded as she was dragged under water by the devastating indian ocean tsunami of boxing day 2004. There is another episode of our boxing day tsunami series which tells of the indian ocean tsunami in 2004.
