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=== Tsunami in December 2004, Indian Ocean === In 2004, a [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|tsunami in the Indian Ocean]] was triggered by an earthquake of 9.15 magnitude near Sumatra Island.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Meltzner|first1=Aron J.|last2=Sieh|first2=Kerry|last3=Abrams|first3=Michael|last4=Agnew|first4=Duncan C.|last5=Hudnut|first5=Kenneth W.|last6=Avouac|first6=Jean-Philippe|last7=Natawidjaja|first7=Danny H.|date=2006-02-15|title=Uplift and subsidence associated with the great Aceh-Andaman earthquake of 2004: THE 2004 EARTHQUAKE|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2005JB003891|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|language=en|volume=111|issue=B2|pages=n/a|doi=10.1029/2005JB003891|hdl=10356/95537|hdl-access=free}}</ref> In [[Banda Aceh|the Banda Aceh]] area, the [[tsunami]] height reached up to 35 meters, which surpassed the value recorded before this event.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lavigne|first1=F.|last2=Gomez|first2=C.|last3=Giffo|first3=M.|last4=Wassmer|first4=P.|last5=Hoebreck|first5=C.|last6=Mardiatno|first6=D.|last7=Prioyono|first7=J.|last8=Paris|first8=R.|date=2007-02-09|title=Field observations of the 17 July 2006 Tsunami in Java|url=https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/7/177/2007/|journal=Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences|language=en|volume=7|issue=1|pages=177β183|doi=10.5194/nhess-7-177-2007|bibcode=2007NHESS...7..177L|issn=1684-9981 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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