This day in history - Dec 26, 2005 - Tsunami in Southeast Asia (2004)

The deadliest tsunami in recorded history, the Southeast Asia tsunami killed over 310,000 people. It was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean that registered between a 9.1 and a 9.3 on the Richter scale. The disaster prompted a huge worldwide effort to help victims of the tragedy, with hundreds of millions of dollars being raised for disaster relief. How much energy was estimated to have been released during the earthquake? More...