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What Causes a Tsunami.
... the close of the year 2004, at 7 a.m. on Dec.26, a megathrust quake 160 miles off the Sumatra coast sent 500-mph tsunamis ... usually the 2nd or 3rd wave that causes most of the damage. During the last week in December, two plates in the Indian Ocean shifted ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
Natural Disaster Early Warning Systems
... tsunami is going to occur. On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the west coast of ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
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