"the Tsunami's birthday"

There is one year, december 26 ,2004, the tsunami devasted the littoral of the indian Ocean.
First , a seism of 9 on the scale of Richter occured in broad island of Sumatra , Sunday 26. Then this powerful seism generated tidal waves devastators in the south of Asia.
The report of the Tsunami made at least 216.858 died and disappeared in this area. Here the report by country:
Indonésie: 131.338 died; 25.016 disappeared.
_ Sri Lanka: 31.229 died; 4.093 disappeared
_ Inde: 10.749 died; 5.640 disappeared.
_ Thaïlande: 5.395 died; 2.817 disappeared.
_ Somalie: 289 died et disappeared.
_ Birmanie: 90 died; 10 disappeared.
_ Maldives: 82 died; 26 disappeared.
_ Malaisie: 68 died.
_ Tanzanie: 11 died.
_ Bangladesh: 2 died.
_ Seychelles: 2 died.
_ Kenya: 1 died.

To conclude , it 's large and terrible world event which will remain a lang time in the spirit of many people.