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Page 1: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

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Where?Where?Epicenter was off the Epicenter was off the

west coast of Sumatra, west coast of Sumatra, IndonesiaIndonesia

Areas most affected Areas most affected were: Indonesia, Sri were: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, ThailandLanka, India, Thailand

The earthquake was The earthquake was felt around the whole felt around the whole worldworld

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When?When?The earthquake The earthquake

happened exactly at happened exactly at 00:58:53 UTC on 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004December 26, 2004

Boxing Day in the Boxing Day in the whole worldwhole world

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EarthquakeEarthquakeMagnitude of 9.3, Magnitude of 9.3,

second largest second largest earthquake ever earthquake ever recorded in historyrecorded in history

Lasted 10 minutesLasted 10 minutesCaused the Earth to Caused the Earth to

move by 2.5 cmmove by 2.5 cm

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WaveWave30 meters high30 meters high4 big waves4 big waves5 megatons of TNT5 megatons of TNTIn some places the In some places the

waves reached 2km waves reached 2km inlandinland

Tsunami Video

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Samoa TsunamiSamoa TsunamiMore than a 100 More than a 100

hundred dead from hundred dead from different islandsdifferent islands

8.3 magnitude 8.3 magnitude earthquakeearthquake

Generated a wave of Generated a wave of 4.5 meters (15 feet)4.5 meters (15 feet)

BBC Website - VideoBBC Website - Video

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