• 2004 Indian Ocean
• earthquake and tsunami

Village near the coast of Sumatra
Date	{{{date}}}
Duration	10 minutes
Magnitude	9.1–9.3 Mw
Depth	30 km (19 mi)
Epicenter location	3°18′58″N 95°51′14″E / 3.316°N 95.854°E / 3.316; 95.854Coordinates: 3°18′58″N 95°51′14″E / 3.316°N 95.854°E / 3.316; 95.854
Type	Megathrust
Countries or regions affected	{{{countries affected}}}
Total damage	US$15 billion
Max. intensity	IX (Violent)
Tsunami	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).; max. 51 m (167 ft)
Casualties	227,898 dead

The path of the tsunami, or the wave caused by an earthquake

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, also called the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (known by the scientific community), was a great underwater earthquake. It happened at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004.

The epicenter of the earthquake was off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. At first, the earthquake was measured as a 9.0 on the Richter scale. It was the longest ever recorded ocean earthquake. It lasted between 500 (8.3 minutes) and 600 (10 minutes) seconds. It was so powerful that it caused the entire Earth to vibrate. It started other earthquakes as far away as Iceland.