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According to Oxfam, five million people were affected of which 1.7m were made homeless, half a million were injured and more than 230,000 were killed. The TEC said 40,000 to 45,000 more women than men were killed in the tsunami.
Experts say the earthquake that caused tsunami was so powerful that its impact can be equated to the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. The huge waves of this deadliest tsunami killed lakhs of people in Part of South India, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The disaster hit Gujarat on 26th Jan, 2001 at the time 8.46 am and lasted for 2 minutes.