Budget 2004

On 26 December 2004, a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1–9.3 Mw struck with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known in some...

On 11th March 2004 a series of coordinated bombings against the Cercanías commuter train system of Madrid, Spain took place. The explosions killed 193 people and injured around 2,000. The bombings constituted the deadliest terrorist attack carried out in the...