"Unnatural" Disasters
In late December 2004, the earth shook violently. Deep beneath the Indian Ocean, an enormous tectonic plate lurched sideways, shifting more than 15 meters in a matter of seconds. Pushing the adjoining plate upward, the movement set off a massive earthquake that measured 9.0 on the Richter scale, triggering one of the deadliest tsunamis in modern history. Although it took many weeks to tally the gruesome toll, within hours more than 200,000 people had lost their lives in over a dozen countries along the Indian Ocean’s rim...
