The earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indian ocean in 2004 massively affected all areas of life in the world around the disaster. The earthquake struck at 8 am local time and was a 9.1 on the Richter scale. The energy that was released amounted to about 23,000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs. 500,000 were injured and over 230,000 people were killed. Housing and fishing industries were the most affected. 6 billion in Rupiah in fishing was lost and 13 billion in the housing industries. There were 1.6 billion was lost in infrastructure and over 4.8 billion was lost in the productive sector of the countries. All local businesses were destroyed or severely damaged by not just the earthquake but also the tsunami that followed.

Sources: http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/social_and_economic_impact_of_december_2004_tsunami_apdc.pdf

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYbxfCj7F1Y