Today, australia spearheads a warning system for the indian ocean. On 26 december 2004, two extremely rare events occurred close to the southwestern shores of northern indonesia. The first was a massive earthquake measuring 9.1.
Read more about the 10 biggest tsunamis in recorded history, ranked by the destruction and devastation they wrought. The tsunami was the turning point for countries to see that risk management is an essential public health function and crucial for protecting people’s health and investments. In 2004 the boxing day tsunami took hundreds of thousands of lives.
Drowning is the most significant cause of death due to tsunamis. Injuries from debris account for many of the health care needs in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.