Satellite Images, Video, Animations of 2004 Tsunami

The following images, animations, videos, etc pertain to Indonesia and surronding areas,
after the 9.0 Ml earthquake off the coast of Northern Sumatra on 12/26/04 00:58:50 UTC.

For further information about the earthquake visit the following site: eqinfo.ucsd.edu or the USGS.

Photos of Tsunami Devistation

• Digital Global Images. Be sure to click each photo to see the before and after image. Enter
  
  
• Before and After views from Space - Thailand
• Before and After views from Space - Indonesia
• Before and After views from space - Nicobar Island, India
  
  
• NASA Pictures of the Wave http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/indonesia_quake.html

Tsunami Videos

• Home videos showing the waves and destruction that occurs in their aftermath. Enter

Animations of Tsunami

• Great multi-page animation about how it was created and where the Tsunamis occurred from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4136289.stm
• Animation of the waves - Tsunami Animation - Asia http://staff.aist.go.jp/kenji.satake/animation.gif
• Tsunami Animation - Whole earth http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/video/tsunami-indonesia12-2004.qt
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: When a tsunami strikes - warning system works this way http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/Mov/DART_04.swf

   

Documents and Papers About the Tsunami and Sumatra Earthquake

• NOAA Measures Wave height from Space http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2365.htm
• Time of Waves to different location http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/indo20041226/TT.pdf
• Height of Waves http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/indo20041226/max.pdf
• Water wells in Virginia record Sumatra earthquake http://va.water.usgs.gov/NEWS_RELEASE/quake_dec26_2004.html

Stories

• For a personal recount of the Tsunami visit: Professor Chris Chapman, Fellow American Geophysical Union