By: Vanessa Zimmerman

 Third largest of the world’s oceanic divisions  Covers about 20% of water on the Earth’s surface

 Comprises of 17,508 islands  Fourth most populous country with 238 million people

 Sunday morning of December 26 th, 2004  Number one/most popular song in Yeah! By Usher

 Video game Halo 2 released on Xbox by Bungie Studios on November 9 th  President- George W. Bush served from

 took place in Indian Ocean off the coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia  9.0 earthquake

 Aftershocks ranged from 6.3 to 7  felt in a zone of 1,000 kilometers north to the Andaman Islands

 This underwater earthquake caused a tsunami.  Wave traveled quickly building a wall of water up to 10 meters

 no effective warning systems or disaster plans  did not know to escape

 About 187,000 people were found dead  43,000 missing

 Australia donated more than 345 million to aid.  Australia made sure the people had their necessities.

 two blocks slip past each other.  Where these blocks slip is called a fault or a fault plane.

 Epicenter-above fault  Stronger the mainshock=longer aftershocks

 caused by subduction & triggered the tsunami  tsunami hit the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean.

 near coastlines=destructive waves  Wave reached 98ft

 set off a series of other earthquakes lasting 12 hours  highest magnitude earthquake in 40 years