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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, was an underwater earthquake that occurred to the 00, with its epicenter in the coast of West Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake caused a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most of the countries bordering the Indian Ocean, killing a large number of people in its path and flooding a large number of coastal communities through almost all of South and Southeast Asia, including parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri LankaIndia and Thailand.
Although initial estimates had determined the number of deaths in more than 275,000, not counting the thousands of missing persons, a more recent analysis generated by the United Nations leaves a total of 229.866 casualties, including 186.983 dead and missing persons 42.883. The sample excludes 400 to 600 people may have died in Burma, which represents many more than the 61 dead leaving the projections of the central Government.
The tsunami of the Indian Ocean