2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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2004-indian-ocean-earthquake-and-tsunami-166-1886114
title:
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
text:
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma Plate and the Indian Plate, and reached a Mercalli intensity up to IX in some areas. A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known as the Boxing D
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Earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Indian Ocean
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami
date created:
2004-12-26T09:03:57Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T17:32:17Z
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