2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Explanatory Animations and Illustrations for Media

A selection of images and short animations explaining key aspects of the 2004 Indian Ocean/Sumatra tsunami, revised and issued for release on the tenth anniversary of the disaster. The resources were updated from existing materials previously released by Geoscience Australia. The dataset includes files in MP4, PDF, and HTML formats.

Use Cases

• Create educational content based on the explanatory animations and illustrations.
• Support disaster preparedness communication based on the geohazard visualizations.
• Enhance media reporting on natural hazards using the updated anniversary resources.

Strengths

• Content was specifically revised and issued for the tenth anniversary of the 2004 disaster.
• Resources update existing materials from the authoritative organization Geoscience Australia.
• Data includes multiple accessible formats: MP4, PDF, and HTML.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to being a tenth-anniversary update.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Selection of images and animations revised from existing resources.

Time Range

Issued for the tenth anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:43:00.640016; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Indian Ocean region, specifically the Sumatra tsunami event.