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Indian Ocean As one of the four oceans in the world, the average depth reaches 3839.9 meters, and the detected depth is now as high as 9074 meters.
Even if you fill all the Eurasian continents in, you cannot fill this "deep pit".
It is hard to imagine how much power it contains.
However, when 2004 , the Indian Ocean taught a profound lesson to mankind.
A major earthquake caused by the tsunami directly destroyed everything in the coastal areas. The disaster swept across 15 countries and caused 290,000 people to die in the disaster.
This is the biggest natural disaster since the 21st century, Indian Ocean tsunami .
mentioned this Indian Ocean tsunami, and we have to mention the situation in Southeast Asia at that time.
In 1997, Southeast Asia suffered an unprecedented financial crisis, and the economies of Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and other countries all suffered huge blows.
The impact of this financial crisis will not be able to dissipate in the next few years or even ten years.
, especially for countries like Indonesia, whose economy is underdeveloped, it has caused indelible damage.
I thought I could develop the economy with peace of mind for the next period of time, but no one expected that in just the past 5 years, in 2002, SARS , which swept across Southeast Asia, happened again.
At this time, countries have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to fight the virus.
The most direct impact of this incident on Indonesia is the devastating blow to the original pillar industry tourism industry.
After the epidemic, Indonesia lowered the price of domestic tourist locations in order to promote the economic development of coastal areas .
Not to mention, this move is really effective and has successfully attracted a large number of European tourists.
Compared with islands such as Hawaiian Islands , Indonesia's unique scenery and low prices are undoubtedly more charming.
Seeing this, the Indonesian authorities have increased their development of tourism, especially for the development of coastal attractions , and they have no spare time.
We all know where the faster the development speed, the more opportunities you will find a job, and it is easier to attract talents and labor.
The same is true for Indonesia. A large number of job seekers gather in coastal cities, and the local developed tourism industry has attracted many tourists. The entire coastal area is prosperous .
However, this laid the groundwork for the subsequent disaster.
December 26, 2004 , this is an extremely special day for Indonesia.
Although it is already winter, it is not possible to feel the cold wind for Indonesia. There are still many European tourists coming to travel by the sea.
In the morning everything was normal, the sun rose as usual, and the sky was blue.
However, everything changed when I just dialed to 7:59 .
The first thing I feel is the trembling of the earth, followed by a shaking of the earth.
earthquake!
Everyone quickly realized it and ran out of the outdoors.
However, the earthquake lasted only for eight minutes , and did not cause much damage.
Just when everyone thought it was just a trivial earthquake, God made a joke again.
8:16 that day, the first place to log in to the huge tsunami is Rockna Village, Indonesia.
The water wall as high as dozens of meters made many people lose the will to escape on the spot.
But even if you want to run, it is too late. The speed of the person running with two legs is that can't catch up with the speed of the waves in Shanghai .
Especially in recent years, the Indonesian authorities have unscrupulously developed beaches, but the corresponding self-rescue equipment is not complete at all, which has further aggravated the power of waves. The scene of
was taken by a photographer far away in the city center at that time.
According to the video, when the waves appeared and the entire town was flooded, it only took 25 minutes to .
You should know that this is a full forty kilometers, and how far can you run even if you ride a bike in 25 minutes.
Many people were washed away by the flood before they had time to run out of their homes.
At the same time, Sri Lankan , Doctor Mar, and Thai are all affected to varying degrees of harm.
Of course, the worst hit was Indonesia's Sumatra . The first wave of shock alone caused more than 170,000 deaths.
The entire Southeast Asia has turned into hell on earth.
According to incomplete statistics afterwards, more than 15 countries were attacked by this tsunami, with a total of as many as .29 million , and countless injured people were killed.
is known as the tsunami that has caused the largest casualties to humans in two hundred years.
This unprecedented disaster has also caused common discussions among scholars around the world.
Only when the cause of the tsunami is discovered will it be beneficial to prevent it later.
From Thailand to Africa, is a full 6,000 kilometers away from , but it still has not been able to escape the erosion of the tsunami. How much energy does this require?
Especially this distance of 6,000 kilometers is equivalent to one-seventh of the earth's circumference. Will there be a huge tsunami that swept the world in the future?
These are all problems that need to be studied and solved.
After research, it was finally confirmed that the disaster was caused by an earthquake under the Indian Ocean.
The measured earthquake magnitude is magnitude 8 , but this view was quickly overturned.
The reason is very simple. The earth suffers several magnitude 8 earthquakes every year, and even many times in the Indian Ocean, but it has never caused such a great harm.
There will definitely be more in-depth research in this.
Then, according to the monitoring station's continuous correction of the data, the source of the earthquake was finally determined, which was the sea area 30 kilometers below the surface near Sumatra Island. The magnitude of the
earthquake was finally determined to be 9.3 magnitude , which is the second largest earthquake that humans have suffered since the 20th century.
was second only to the Chilean earthquake in 1960.
However, when it comes to harm, this earthquake is far beyond the usual situation.
According to expert investigation, it was found that there was a fault of 400 kilometers long in the place where the earthquake occurred. It was just that there was no fault in the past long period of time.
After experts from various countries simulated and analyzed the data they had mastered, they found that even if the 400-kilometer fault was completely broken, there was no such power. The huge wave caused by
cannot even hit Sri Lanka.
But in fact, this country is the most severely affected area except Indonesia. A total of 30957 people died and this disaster.
Obviously this is not the biggest cause of the tsunami.
So experts can only change their thinking.
Since it cannot be simulated through technical analysis and simulated the real cause of the tsunami, can we start from aftershocks and infer the range of the earthquake? After a long period of comparison and analysis, the experts finally found that there was an aftershock at 51,200 kilometers away from the fault here.
, that is, this fault is actually more than 400 kilometers at all, and there are 1,200 kilometers that have not been exposed. If all faults of
1600 kilometers occur, what kind of powerful disaster can a tsunami cause?
did not dare to infer this, but the only thing that can be confirmed is that it will definitely be far beyond this time.
Until then will it be a common disaster for all mankind.
This is a disaster and no one can stay out of it.
In fact, at the first time of the disaster, my country responded .
On the day after the tsunami, the Ministry of Commerce of the State had provided humanitarian assistance to Indonesia and other countries, which were the worst hit.
Just three days later, on the 29th, the Foreign Minister held a joint meeting of multiple departments and decided to increase assistance to the disaster area.
30, the first batch of urgently needed food and medical supplies were sent to the disaster area.
htmlOn 31, the first batch of rescue teams had arrived in Sumatra, which was the worst hit.. Is it only five days for ? From the disaster to the rescue in our country, it has arrived in the disaster area.
To put it bluntly, in terms of international rescue speed, our country has always been the fastest-responsive country.
Although Indonesia had planned an unprecedented Chinese killing in 1965, resulting in the death of more than 5.
Even though Indonesia has experienced brutal and abnormal anti-China incidents in history.
But our country is never vague in terms of the responsibilities that major countries should have.
According to statistics, my country has provided more than .5 billion in economic aid to the disaster areas .
And the people of our country also expressed sympathy for the disaster, and countless people actively donated money.
is a place in Hong Kong alone, and donated more than .7 billion , which is the record of the largest donation in a single city since records in the world.
In comparison, the responses of Europe, the United States and other countries are very slow.
Even if it is the fast-responsive Australia , it was only on January 5, the second year after the disaster that it announced that it would provide assistance to the disaster area.
Germany was the first to exempt the international debts of the affected countries, and this move was supported by Britain, France, Italy and other countries.
The entire EU contributed money to the disaster, and even provided an additional US$350 million for post-disaster reconstruction in addition to the disaster relief funds.
In comparison, the United States has not provided much assistance.
In the initial stage, the United States was only willing to provide a total of 15 million US dollars in . European media criticized it, and the United States was willing to increase its aid.
In fact, Europe contributed money and efforts this time, and was even willing to support public opinion. The biggest reason is that Europe is also a victim of this disaster.
Among all the foreigners who died, European countries are at the forefront.
and even many European media have called this disaster "our disaster" .
However, this sentence is not wrong. In fact, this is also a question we need to think about now.
As global economy becomes closer and closer, countries around the world are becoming increasingly indivisible.
Many disasters are no longer limited to , one country, one place, and , and will even have far-reaching impacts on the world.
instead of waiting for disaster relief, we should prevent it before it happens and make the most comprehensive prevention.
Perhaps many disasters came too rapidly and people could not react at all.
Even with the most advanced technology, it is impossible to prepare for everything.
Sumatra is too close to the earthquake source and cannot respond. We can accept it and just do a good job of post-disaster rescue.
But what is unacceptable is that the entire Indonesia has no prevention of the occurrence of tsunamis, and the locals could not even imagine that they would escape when they saw the disaster.
We cannot predict disasters, but we prevent disasters.
But the more you do, the less harm you will suffer.
