Boxing Day Tsunami 2004 - Anatomy of Catastrophe

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In the first part of the series on the devastating earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, we will explain in detail how the earthquake occurred, what its strength and course were, and what the consequences were for the outside world. Enjoy the video and thanks for subscribing and like.

[@tannerjohnson9015]

As a kid I used to watch natural disaster videos and this one always stood out to me. This video really put into perspective how disastrous and enormous this event was.

[@greenman6141]

This video had the most detailed explanation of the rupture zone, how the quake occurred, and about how water levels in the Indian Ocean (and therefore the world) were permanently altered. Really good. Thanks for making this.

[@cjmbillingsolutionsinc4520]

It was an unforgettable event in my life. Generations swept away in moments.

[@Oakleaf700]

It was terrifying. I was in UK, miles away, but it made me feel physically sick, the shock of it, seeing how many people were just wiped out. A huge force of Nature.

[@_chopper_]

How were you not scared bro you live in the UK I would be terrified 💀

[@GarrettJimmy]

I was in sixth grade when this happened. I was too young to understand much less care about the event from my comfy home in Nashville. Now that I'm older and revisiting the event...It's stuck in my head and can't believe such a thing happened in my lifetime. I hope all the areas effected have rebuilt strong and the families of those lost have found peace 18 years later.

[@Heykay34]

Same. The fact that so many souls were lost on one day 🤯 I can’t wrap my adult mind around it.

[@Whippy99]

Here in Great Britain, December 26 is a bank holiday called Boxing Day. So, we call it the Boxing Day tsunami. I remember watching it surrounded by my family and thanking heaven for them, whilst across the other side of the world 230,000+ people lost theirs. We always raise our glasses to them on Boxing Day. This video is superb. It’s detailed and scientific and your clear voice and diction is perfect. Thank you.🙏

[@classicaldeb]

The title of this video includes the words 'Boxing Day'!

[@kevinbowie2054]

It’s AI narrating this

[@Thymus]

Even in the US it's called the Boxing Day Quake by most people.

[@zippymax1]

Nice vid. Well done. Looking forward to more.

[@danielledbrook8572]

Tsunamis?

[@zippymax1]

@@danielledbrook8572 I don't remember what I meant--but I certainly would love to see a 10.0 off the coast of Southern California.

[@danielledbrook8572]

@@zippymax1 wash the place clean 👌

[@smokymcpot5917]

It's still shocking that most of the people living in the danger zone had no idea that when the water goes out to sea it's coming back with force. Remember watching people running out and grabbing fish unaware of what was happening.

[@scottsmith7051]

My parents had us watch Nat Geo every weekend when I was a kid, we learned all about natural disasters including tsunamis when I was quite young. I just figured everyone had. But obviously not.

[@ericholland-cr1nt]

Right then they giant walls of water mile or two out to sea and still wait to run

[@TimoDyer]

​@@ericholland-cr1ntnowhere to run in banda aceh. The waves gained most heights within 500m of the shore. The whole city was wiped off the map, with water going 5km inland. They had just experienced the 9.0 earthquakes and were more concerned about that.

[@TimoDyer]

​@@scottsmith70512004 and before we didn't have lots of documentaries on tusnamis. For those on holiday they didn't know the super change of the sea level meant tsunami. There was no tsunami warning system. Banda Aceh, a whole city, had been crushed before Kao Lak and Sri Lanka got hit.

[@Thymus]

​@TimoDyer Right? There were boats washed miles inland and onto "mountains." This shit killed a half a million people. Running from the beach wouldn't have saved anyone...

[@28pbtkh23]

Great explanation of this earthquake and it’s consequences. Good narration.

[@anniebieber19]

For anyone in the US to put the tear of Earth in perspective...it would be a rip extending from the Canadian Border to Mexican Border...mind blowing...✌

[@toomignon]

There’s no evidence of the whole of the San Andreas going at the same time, much less the San Andreas (strike Slip) and the Cascadia (subduction) zone going at the same time. They are two completely different types of faults.

[@Popwarner-x1w]

In other words. There's no way the Earth is Round and Spinning

[@CocoSnicker12]

No it wouldn't. Maybe SoCal, not the border tho

[@karifredrikson-lr1mm]

Thank you for the Perspective. Living in the US Natural Disasters are truly Monumental. We don’t expect our Country to experience what these small Countries experience. For instance, Tornados & Hurricanes are expected to be “Managed “. Praying for those families who experienced such Devastation & loss of Loved Ones.

[@weaponizedglitter69]

​@@Popwarner-x1w WOW. unbelievable. It is hard to fathom people like you exist.

[@michel7065]

Eine tolle Serie, Japan 2011 und der Tsunami 2004. Ich muss es immer wieder ansehen, einfach Unglaublich was das Wasser für eine Gewalt hat! Die Menschen haben keine Chance gehabt. Wer vom Meer erwischt wurde war verloren, einfach Grauenhaft und faszinierend!

[@Indrid__Cold]

A professionally crafted video of high academic quality that would be useful in a graduate level geology class. My sincere compliments.

[@kennyrillamas2740]

Can't wait to watch the rest of the series

[@arlenequiros5410]

Very interesting and useful information people need to consider visiting a country with that geographical characteristics...done in a respectful way also ❤️

[@cryingforbread]

Im so excited for the next episodes! Stayed up til night for this! Glad that youre doing a more detailed approach on the disaster. Im also amazed by how much the islands shifted. 1m is a big difference.

[@olgatrilogymartin3143]

Thank u this was interesting &informative

[@jessieinohio9455]

It was crazy how many of us had no idea what it meant when the ocean pulled back like that. Most of us would've gone out to see it, and unfortunately most did. We all felt that loss in our hearts around the world. Our prayers were one but in so many languages and different beliefs. It's was aweful. Im an American and was 23 yrs old then. Our hearts still heavy after 9/11 and then the mudslides and earthquakes and then this. So many died. Generations lost, some places never recovered.

[@Kariakas]

Looking forward to the next one for sure.

[@johncole2469]

Most excellent series. Well done and explained.

[@leozanin93]

Wow! I find this tsunami particularly impactful and I've been doing some research for years, but this video is really awesome in an informative way, so thank you so much for submitting this video! ! Can't wait to see the next one! Greetings from Brazil and my eternal condolences to those affected by this colossal catastrophe! Uau! Acho esse tsunami particularmente impactante e faço algumas pesquisas há anos, mas este vídeo é realmente incrível de uma forma informativa, então muito obrigado por enviar este vídeo! Mal posso esperar para ver o próximo! Saudações do Brasil e minhas eternas condolências aos afetados por esta catástrofe colossal!

[@TOPTopics]

Thank you very much 😊

[@Marah493]

I lived in Seoul Korea and had planned to go to patong beach in Thailand. We weren’t able to go because there were no seats on the airplane. We know now God was definitely looking out.

[@richardworker9280]

@@Marah493 Glad you did not perish. It’s up to you but if as you say God was looking out for you what then of the 230+ million who died that day? Did God favor you and condemn them to die? People miss flights all of the time & it’s extremely common for someone making a last minute decision only to find the flight they want sold out as in your case. One could just as easily say you were saved by your poor planning, or your spontaneity. I’m offering a perspective not judgment.

[@HyperAngxl]

@@richardworker9280 nah, that's a judgement and God always has his plan. They would've Gone to heaven qnyways

[@lashermanitasponpon]

Seventeen years leter, and there are moments when noises associated with what I experienced that day scares me. A day before, I had a dream, in which I saw the Triton Hotel, where we stayed destroyed by a natural catastrophe. Thanks my persistance to see that abundant vegetation, we cancelled the trip to Galle. Otherwise ,who knows what would have happened to the three of us, have visited the turtle hatchery. We were welcomed for two days in a temple in Urugasmanhandiya. It had a capacity for 60 persons and hosted more than 2.500 people, all from diferent places near the coast. Five days later, I returned with a lot of health, assistancce, distributing the medicines agains malaria and other diseases. Sometime I wonder, if the german, lady who was im the same hotel, as us could have been reunited with her lost daughter. Every year, I place an altar in their memory and light colorered candles . May all those who died in this tragic event rest in peace.

[@TOPTopics]

thanks...

[@weaponizedglitter69]

Please know the world is overwhelmed and in Awe of Mother nature. The news Channels played 24 7. For weeks. Greetings from Switzerland. Wishing you well

[@RachelDavis705]

I learned a lot!

[@sigisoltau6073]

Um hi. There were actually 5 earthquakes with a magnitude of 9 or higher. In 1952 near Kamchatka, in 1960 at Chile, the 1964 Alaska earthquake, the 2004 Asia earthquake and then the 2011 Tohuko earthquake. Just wanted to let you know. Even here in Luderitz, Namibia we saw 2aves up to a meter high. The higher waves were in the bay next to our town. Out on the other side of the peninsula on the other side of the bay, you wouldn't have noticed it that much. As soon as it wrapped around the peninsula and went into the bay that's when it greatly gained hight. Firstly parts of the bay near the entrance are up to 70 meters deep. Secondly the bay is long and narrow, some 10 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide. At the lower end of the bay is a 2 kilometer long flat pan. There the wave was just over a meter high and crossed the entire pan, and went over the road on the other end and continued beyond the road for about 100 meters.

[@classicaldeb]

It should have been stated, 'In recorded history', rather than 'in history'.

[@cguibcx]

Thank you for the thorough explanation! I was only trying to look up the name of the tsunami that happened in Thailand. I had no idea it started because of a record-breaking earthquake and it hit so many countries!

[@runcaz7802]

If you are fast forwarding to see actual footage of the waves (like I did), don't bother.

[@EDDIELANE]

Love your work!

[@pesonaindonesia6608]

26december 2004 the biggest ever stunami in banda aceh indonesia , pray to all victim

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

I remember I was waiting for my then wife to give birth to my first son William on the 8th of January and is now 19...How time fly’s aye although I remember Banda atchi got hit worst in Indonesia 🇮🇩..Rip to all the victims and prayers to the families left behind 🙏🏼💟

[@nigelssurfshop]

It wasn't till thousands die until outdoor warning sirens were installed.

[@TowelsKingdom]

On the 18th anniversary R.I.P everyone who lost their lives

[@ackermicz]

Epic video, once again.

[@Hitoshishinso-ol8no]

Everyone:😵😵💀💀 Me :right after Christmas

[@sterntaler64]

Very well explained 👍 thanks a lot 🙏

[@briantones5993]

Great video, only complaint, please keep the sound down on your music, Hard to hear your voice..

[@TOPTopics]

ok thanks for your feedback

[@palooza6064]

You must be very deaf then

[@caroltenge5147]

cant blame this on global warming.....

[@scottcaie7214]

Calling that wave merciless is a perfect description...

[@arn0000]

ngl, this gotta be one of the english accents, thats easiest tlo understand lol. cool channel, imma be roaming around it a lot ^^

[@jesusramos1440]

I was in Grade school when the Alaskan quake hit .News reports showed the Power of mother nature.I was flabbergasted and always remember that event when I hear of other magnified calamities.. Mother Earth will have it's Say. And have it's WAY.

[@leroyreynolds7366]

Silent tsunamis studies by Prof Imamura try to create explanation for abnormally large tsunamis. Its a interesting watch to see the studies he is doing to show the impact these combines events can have. This is for sure one of the first widely documented events, but the world defiantly is familiar with destruction. There is plenty of geological evidence that this is avg in comparison of what can occur. Same can be said with volcanoes, we have not seen what is possible. If we do, it could be world ending.

[@user-gl5yp4ek1s]

I won't live near an ocean no way

[@user-oo7xz7yw1c]

Ti is so sad that so many people didn't survive

[@ravenswing602]

I've often wondered if it's possible for people to use explosives to blow up the tectonic plates when they get stuck. Get every one evacuated first then let rip. At lest that way it's controlled expected & prepared for. No one dies.

[@lindanoel1853]

Ravens Wing -- Wellll, maybe no human beings die at that time. I thought of all the Marine beings that experienced these major earthquakes underwater -- how were their lives disrupted, ended? I read labels and no longer buy any Food Stuffs i.e. Irish Butter that is Shipped Over our Earth's Oceans for the sake of the lives/Life in/of Earth's Oceans.

[@LegoPlaymobil09]

Eta poxa meno

[@PianoMan-hx3ev]

This proves mankind dwarfs what Mother Nature is doing to the planet.

[@TOPTopics]

Yes, that's the way it is

[@annadwiyantini2010]

secara imiah pandangan manusia pergeseran lempengan bumi, bagai mana seorang anak manusia dapat komunikasi dgn sunami dan menyuruhnya pergi dan sunamipun menurut dan berhenti fakta bukan mitos

[@carloseduardorebello6397]

Apavorante...😢😢😢

[@penduloustesticularis1202]

How on earth did the North Sentenelise not get wiped out is beyond me.

[@user-cj8wr3tu3g]

Why do I remember some pictures shown in this video and why do I think that I died in 2004 in aceh indonesia and I was reborn in Srilanka 2004 during the tsunami I was in a hospital and then I moved to japan and again died on March 11 and again took rebirth on July 5 again now I am 13 years old.

[@P_Bianka]

Did this quake also caused earth's rotation to shift? I thought that was because of 2011 japan earthquake

[@time_for_fast]

230 million not 230 thousand !!!!!!

[@TOPTopics]

What?

[@katemorgan2464]

Estimates go from 230,000 to 275,000 deaths, but never 230 million.

[@user-cf6te2ug2g]

Christians were run off a beach in Indonesia on Christmas day for singing carols. So 🌊

[@truesouth4784]

Aceh is pronounced archey. In Bahasa Indonesia language, a "C" is pronounced "CH".

[@ryanbarker4422]

Japan felt the earth quake.

[@livenhfree]

I hate these over-produced videos. Like I'm sitting in a classroom again. 😕

[@jamesbryant5276]

How did it get to the artic?

[@lualncol]

It crossed the Pacific Ocean , same as how it got to Chile and the west coast of the US

[@kirkdunn1379]

Mexico is not even in the indian ocean .......no way it travels thru mainland and across the pacific

[@cedriclynch]

The oceans are interconnected. The tsunami caused by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia (between Sumatra and Java) was detected on tide gauges in the UK about two days later; it was very small by the time it reached there. There are strange things that a tsunami can do in response to the local contours of the sea bottom. I have met people who experienced the 2004 tsunami in India and the people in Ernakulam on the west coast had worse damage than those in Chennai on the east coast.

[@klavesin]

0:37 do you mean "event"?

[@sj460162]

Educational...but missing real footage...

[@Riveda1972]

where's the second chapter?

[@TOPTopics]

watch on the channel

[@bhaspegu2476]

What a horrible day it was?

[@A.Girl.Has.No.Name.]

Is Aceh pronounced as "Ah say"? Have I been saying it wrong? I thought it was "Ah-Che" 🤔

[@reneemulherin2899]

And people think we can control the climate. Yeah. Good luck with that.

[@sweetpea31821]

Not sure how the waves from this reached the arctic (north of Canada), Mexico (you’re blocked by Indonesia and Africa), I could maybe see Chile, but the you still have the issue of Indonesia. Maybe check your geography? Otherwise great video!!

[@user-gm8dz7eq3h]

Very poor narration. Why did the producers not choose a native English speaker?

[@jamesbryant5276]

I don't like these new videos, where are the old ones

[@GyadaSallywan]

... non mi si chieda chi era siffredi ... non entrammo ... siamo sesso e non voi che giudicate ... sono ilona staller e non le donne offese ...

[@starsandnightvision]

Funny way of saying ''event''. AI voice I guess.

[@intravelt5684]

100 of lives lost in Aceh ? More like almost 200k !!!! It wiped entire villages and generations of families. When doing documentary you need research facts first.

[@TOPTopics]

You're wrong. The video talks about the victims of the earthquake, not the tsunami that subsequently killed 180K people in Indonesia. But our other videos tell about it. This video is about what preceded the tsunami. So, as has been said, the earthquake itself killed "only" hundreds of people. Instead of attacking, listen carefully next time. We have studied this disaster really well, you don't have to worry.

[@MFL92028]

Incredible miss-information visually.. most video is from Hollywood movies.. very little if any of it, is of the actual tsunami ... The key indicator is the "breaking waves" .... there were no breaking waves reaching the shore of Sri Lanka, or India ... or anywhere else for that matter caused by this significant underwater tectonic subduction and shift... But, you did get 160 thousand views .. nice work! ... too bad you don't have any video of the actual tsunami... but then, you don't really have to.. do you... :-)

[@e.s.5529]

300,000

[@lakshmibabu-f2t]

😮😮

[@nadinecottel409]

Sans les paroles c est mieux

[@jimthompson717]

All special effects. No tsunami.

[@manojpradeep4816]

I wish god never create such kind of worst natural calamities even if we make more sins may everyone get normal punishment unlike taking the worst destruction please god save us from this worldy life and dreadful tsnuamis

[@atty_bennashriaminulla9207]

Water empath

[@user-vb6pi3df1w]

Можно по русски. ! Спасибо!

[@floralcouture3763]

Geo-engineered . I do not believe it “naturally” occurred.

[@MVCvevasI]

Why do we have to watch the underwater animation one more? We want to see waves!

[@gauravgarg5784]

What’s with this cristian back ground 🧐

[@taylorwelsh149]

Destruction of God is immeasurable

[@pramodkumar.k.v.750]

ശാസ്ത്രീയ വിശദീകരണങ്ങൾ അധികമൊന്നും വേണ്ട.

[@Bravo-Too-Much]

Lol

[@amandamorgan2802]

Pronounciation problems.

[@ryanbarker4422]

The Bible says that earth is flat and motionless.

[@ryanbarker4422]

@Fisz Plays no it hasn't they lied.

[@stupid7648]

Make sense on the flat Earth

[@betsykits9986]

Blabla blabla