[6] There were a series of subsequent effect on the local area: Kalabahi city was severely damaged by the tsunami as well as from the continuous aftershocks of the earthquake.

Maritaing beach, found 98 km (61 mi) north of Kalabahi village, was also hit by the tsunami.

In Dali, a floating hotel in the natural harbor was pushed to the shore after the earthquake caused water to recede.

At the end of the year, on Boxing Day, an earthquake and tsunami occurred in the seabed off Sumatra, which affected over 20 nearby countries and took over 220,000 lives.

In 2005, on March 28, an 8.7 Mwc earthquake, centred near Nias and Simeulue islands away from the Sumatra west shore, which caused over 900 deaths.

1[8] According to ABC News Online 14 November 2004[8] Many roads on Alor island have been badly damaged[4] Aftershocks from the earthquake continued for over half of a month, with large and widespread destruction of infrastructure including thousands of houses, schools, offices and places of worship although local hospitals mostly remained undamaged, the hospitals were unable to cope with large numbers of casualties.

[11] The disaster is commemorated on 10 December of every year with most of the local schools gather and singing songs to the national flag.

The local government and media will also memorize that earthquake on TV channels and official websites by documentary films and videos.

The residents in Alor island still practice subsistence agriculture with poorly developed infrastructure which is prone to frequent natural disasters.