The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami occurred on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The earthquake itself, with a moment magnitude of around 9.2-9.3, devastated Aceh Province, Indonesia, while the tsunami affected countries all around the Indian Ocean. Nations that were affected are listed below in alphabetical order. For detailed information about each country affected by the earthquake and tsunami, see their articles. Countries with a smaller number of casualties, as well as those that lost citizens who were travelling abroad, are listed further on in the article.
On 24 November 2014, 16,269 casualties were reported, most of them in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. There were 5,640 people missing, nearly all of them on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The death and missing tolls later decreased by over 3,000 people.
Indonesia's Ministry of Health confirmed 131,028 deaths on June 18, 2005, mainly in the northern province Aceh of the island Sumatra, with another 37,000 people missing.
Despite its proximity to the incident, Malaysia escaped the kind of damage that struck countries thousands of miles further away, as most of its western coast is shielded by Sumatra. The estimated number of deaths is 75 with five others missing.
In the Maldives, 82 people were killed while 26 were reported missing and presumed dead.
Independent media reported that 90 people were killed by the tsunami in Myanmar. The actual death toll was 59, according to Emergency Med International. Witnesses in Myanmar estimated up to 600 deaths.
About 200 Somalis were killed and many more went missing after the strong waves struck the Somali coast. The disaster caused extensive property damage in the Horn of Africa country.
Sri Lankan authorities report 31,229 confirmed deaths, and 4,093 people missing. Other authorities are speaking from 38,940 combined dead and missing people. The south and east coasts were the worst hit. Nearly 2,000 of the dead were on the Queen of the Sea holiday train destroyed by the tsunami. One and a half million people were displaced from their homes, and many orphaned or separated from their families.
The Thai government reports 5,395 confirmed deaths, 8,457 injuries and 2,817 missing on 20 June 2005. Damage was confined to the six southern provinces facing the Andaman Sea. The Thai government was keen to point out that the rest of the country was operating normally, and that even some resorts in the south had re-opened.