does anyone know the tectonic plates involved in the december 2004 tsunami?

Question

and also how many people died

Answer 1

Dear friend. I am the one issued the warning to local T.V.Stations 2 hours before Tsunami struck our coast. Still I am unable to understand why the seismic stations failed to issue the warning. They are telling some lam excuse for not alerting in time .My self and the meteorological department sensed the earthquake waves the same time. Their equipment cost some million dollars. The one I used to issue warning was designed by me just for U.S.20 dollars only. Pleas visit the following sites to know everything about tectonic movement during Tsunami.
My web site
http://www.freewebs.com/quakealert/
My Community in Orkut
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=26068261
Presentation slides
http://asia.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/quake

Answer 2

The two plates that meet in the Indian Ocean collided, causing an earthquake underwater. The energy pushed the water up, forming the tsunami

Answer 3

Wikipedia has some very thorough and updated information on this. The plates involved were the India Plate and the Burma Plate, which they explain in detail in the first third of the article. The opening gives a current 'best estimate' of number of deaths compiled by the UN.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

Answer 4

As far as "knowing them" -- I can't say that I know them personally ---but---by the last accounting that I heard --- they were centered very here Indonesia under the Ocean there--- and -- the last accounting of death in this disaster that I heard of was in excess of 200,000 !! Absolutely outrageous !!!

Answer 5

check out usgs.gov website, lots of info Also look for www.quake.exit.com= info on earthquake clouds and predictions, has a tsunami death table.