Highest death toll from a tsunami
- Who
- Unknown
- What
- 226,000 people
- Where
- United Kingdom
- When
- 26 December 2004
On 26 December 2004 an earthquake with a magnitude of 9 occurred under the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Indonesia. The resulting tsunami wave inundated the coastlines of nine different countries around the Indian Ocean. The total death toll may be never be known but, as of 20 January 2005 at least 226,000 people are known to have perished.