Essay On Maldives

Geography of Maldives

The Republic of Maldives is located in Asia and it is an archipelago consisting of twenty-six coral atolls, in the northern Indian Ocean. The chain of islands extends 510 miles (820 kilometers), but occupies an area of just 116 square miles (300 square kilometers), roughly 1.5 times the size of Washington D.C. The closest neighbors are India and Sri Lanka. The capital is Male.

The twenty-six coral atolls contain 1,190 very small islands. Not all of the islands are inhabited only few of it. Which 198 are inhabited and other are not inhabited. Almost all of the islands are close to the atoll enclosure reef, and some are still in the process of forming. The longest is Gan in Adu atoll. Because the islands are coral-based,

It was the strongest earthquake to the Maldives in 1960 , the earthquake hit Temuco-Valdivia, Chile. It was magnitude 9.5 this incident has resulted in 1655 deaths. In 2010 strongly 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti region, which led to the largest number of deaths in the history of the Maldives, and the death toll was 316 000.
The likelihood of earthquakes with magnitude of 5 and above in Maldives is limited to only the southern parts of the country, namely Seenu, Gnaviyani, Gaafu Alifu and the Gaafu Dhaalu atolls. Since earthquakes of this scale are known to cause damage to life and property, the population of these atolls faces high risk.
The earthquake that originated in Sumatra, Indonesia, on the 26th of December 2004 resulted measured in tsunamis that inflicted massive destruction in the Maldives. The earthquake a whopping 8.5 on the Richter scale at its origin and was felt at lower 4.0 in the Maldives. The following is an account of the events that took place with a major viewpoint from the authors location,