5°28′42″N 95°14′39″E / 5.47833°N 95.24417°E
Lhoknga
Lhôk Nga | |
|---|---|
  Lhoknga Location in Sumatra | |
| Coordinates: 5°28′42″N 95°14′39″E / 5.47833°N 95.24417°E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province | Aceh |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 400 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (WIB) |
Lhoknga (pronunciation [lhoʔ-ŋa], alternative names Lho'nga, Lho-nga, Lhok Nga) is a town within the district of the same name, in Aceh Besar Regency, Aceh Special Region, Indonesia, located on the western side of the island of Sumatra, 13 km southwest of Banda Aceh. It was completely flattened and destroyed by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, where its population dwindled from 7,500 to 400.[1] Tsunami runups following eyewitness accounts of waves were recorded being 35 m in height (waves landing at the height of 35 m),[2] Such high and fast waves arising from the epicentre by megathrusts were later found to be due to splay faults, secondary faults arising due to cracking of the sea floor to jut upwards in seconds, causing waves' speed and height to increase.[3]
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Eureka Street: Looking back moving forward". Archived from the original on 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ Wilkinson, F. "Coastal design and tsunami mitigation for shelter/house reconstruction on the west coast Aceh[permanent dead link]." International Symposium Disaster Reduction on Coasts, Monash University, November 14–16, 2005.
- ^ Sibuet, J-C., Rangin, C., Le Pichon, X., Singh, S., Cattaneo, A., Graindorge, D., Klingelhoefer, F., Lin, J-Y., Malod, J., Maury, T., Schneider, J-L., Sultan, N., Umber, M., Yamaguchi, H., and the “Sumatra aftershocks” team, "26th December 2004 great Sumatra–Andaman earthquake: Co-seismic and post-seismic motions in northern Sumatra Archived 2009-05-19 at WebCite." Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Vol. 263, Issues. 1-2, 88-103. November 15, 2007.
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