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Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004
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How Tsunamis Form from Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Landslides
John Rafferty, associate editor of Earth sciences at Encyclopædia Britannica, discusses...
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How Is a Tsunami Different from a Regular Wave?
Scientists are the ones searching for tsunamis, not surfers.
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Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004
View of a tsunami-damaged village in Tamil Nadu, southern India, December 2004.
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Aceh, Indonesia: tsunami aftermath
Aftermath of the December 2004 tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia.
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Banda Aceh: tsunami, 2004
Satellite image of Banda Aceh, Indon., showing the devastation caused by the tsunami...
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