The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization has reported that five World Heritage Sites-including Sri Lanka's old city of Galle, the Sun Temple of Koranak in India, and the tropical rainforests of Sumatra-have been damaged by the powerful earthquake and subsequent tidal waves.
此外，聯合國教科文組織表示，已知斯里蘭卡的加勒古城、印度柯那達太陽神廟、印尼蘇門達臘熱帶雨林...... 等五處世界遺產遺址在這次南亞強震和海嘯中受損。