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Natural Hazards Natural Hazards in in
Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia
Earthquake/Earthquake/TsunamiTsunami
Indonesia 2004Indonesia 2004Deaths -Deaths - 229,866
Damages -Damages - 9.2 Earthquake caused the tsunami.
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand were hardest hit.
66% of the fishing fleet and industrial infrastructure in coastal regions destroyed
2004 TsunamiIndonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Maldives, Somalia,
Malasia, Tanzania, and more.
Deaths
Injured Missing DisplacedConfirmed Estimated1
Total ~184,168 ~230,210 ~125,000 ~45,752 ~1.69 million
Cyclone NargisCyclone Nargis
Myanmar (Burma) Myanmar (Burma) 20082008
Deaths – 146,000+ Believed to be many more deaths.
Damages – Over $10 billion
Myanmar's military rulers initially resisted aid from the world.
Mount PinatubaMount Pinatuba
Philippines 1991Philippines 1991Deaths – approximately 800 killed and over 100,000 homeless
Damages - Global temperatures dropped by about 0.9°F
Up to 13” of ash deposited on Luzon Island
KrakatoaKrakatoa
Indonesia 1883Indonesia 1883Deaths - 36,417
Damages – 165 villages and towns were destroyed and 132 seriously damaged
Effects – Erruption heard as far away as western Australia, over 1900 miles away
Anak KrakatoaAnak Krakatoa
Indonesia TodayIndonesia Today
Mount TamboraMount Tambora
Indonesia 1816Indonesia 1816Deaths -Deaths - 92,000+
Effects –Effects – 1816 is known as “The year without a summer” in the U.S.
Erruption heard 1200 miles away
Largest volcanic
erruption in recorded history