<Dl> <Dt> Effect on Somalia </Dt> <Dd> Villages and coastal communities in Somalia, as far as 4,500 km (2,800 mi) from the epicentre of the earthquake, were swept away and destroyed by the huge waves . 176 people were confirmed dead, 136 were missing and more than 50,000 were displaced . </Dd> </Dl> <Dt> Effect on Somalia </Dt> <Dd> Villages and coastal communities in Somalia, as far as 4,500 km (2,800 mi) from the epicentre of the earthquake, were swept away and destroyed by the huge waves . 176 people were confirmed dead, 136 were missing and more than 50,000 were displaced . </Dd> <Dl> <Dt> Effect on Sri Lanka </Dt> <Dd> Sri Lankan authorities report 31,229 confirmed deaths, and 4,093 people missing . Other authorities are speaking from 38,940 combined dead and missing people . The south and east coasts were worst hit . Nearly 2,000 of the dead were on the Queen of the Sea holiday train destroyed by the tsunami . One and a half million people were displaced from their homes, and many orphaned or separated from their families . </Dd> </Dl>

Places affected by the 2004 boxing day tsunami