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  2. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia

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    A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami after the Boxing Day holiday, or as the Asian Tsunami, [10] devastated communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries, violently in Aceh , and severely in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu , and Khao Lak ...

  3. 20 years later: A look at the deadliest disaster to strike ...

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    On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004, an estimated 9.2-magnitude earthquake violently shook the seafloor off Indonesia, sending a 100-foot wall of water towards communities around the Indian Ocean.

  4. Indian Ocean tsunami two decades ago left 230,000 dead and a ...

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    Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. The Boxing Day quake was one of the largest ever recorded.

  5. ‘Fighting for our lives’: Survivors recall 2004 tsunami ahead ...

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    Louis Mullan and Paul Murray were caught up in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

  6. Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

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    The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake of a magnitude of 9.1 was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. On December 26, 2004, the earthquake , which struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra , generated a tsunami that wreaked havoc along much of the rim of the Indian Ocean.

  7. Timeline of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

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    Although National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Hawaii eventually issued warnings of a possible tsunami from the large earthquake off Sumatra, the waves outran notification systems at jet speeds of 500 mph (804 km/h), catching hundreds of thousands of people unaware.

  8. It was white water and chaos - tsunami survivor

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    Daniel Poole, from Perranporth in Cornwall, had been on a surfing trip to Sri Lanka when a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered the tsunami, which claimed the lives of more ...

  9. Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Malaysia

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    The wave crashing into the road at George Town, Penang. Malaysia was affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. Despite its proximity to the epicentre of the earthquake, Malaysia escaped the kind of damage that struck countries hundreds of miles further away.