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- Every year on 5 November, World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed.
- It is celebrated to spread awareness about the Tsunami.
- The theme of World Tsunami Awareness Day 2023 is “Fighting Inequality for a Resilient Future.”
- The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was more dangerous than any disaster in the last 100 years.
- 14 countries were affected by the tsunami and the most affected country was Thailand.
- In 2015, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) had declared 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day.
- On November 5, 2016, the First World Tsunami Awareness Day was celebrated.
- Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning ‘harbor wave’. It is a series of huge underwater waves created by a disturbance.
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