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\f0\b\fs24 \cf0 Asian Tsunami 10th anniversary \
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\b0 On December 26, 2004 a 9.2 - magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, unleashed a tsunami across the Indian Ocean that killed more than 230,000 people in fourteen countries and left some 1.7 million homeless.  \
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Casualties \
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Deaths *\
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Displaced\
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1. Indonesia \
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167, 736\
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500,000 +\
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2. Sri Lanka \
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35,322\
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516, 150 \
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3. India \
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18,045\
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647,599\
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4. Thailand \
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8,212\
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7,000\
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5. Somalia \
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289 \
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5,000\
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6. Myanmar \
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500 \
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3,200\
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7. Maldives \
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108\
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15,000+\
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8. Malaysia \
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75 \
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n/a \
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9. Tanzania \
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13\
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200\
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10. Seychelles \
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3 \
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n/a\
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11. Bangladesh \
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2 \
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n/a \
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12. South Africa \
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2 \
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n/a \
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13. Kenya \
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1 \
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n/a \
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14. Madagascar \
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>200\
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1,000\
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Total ~230,000\
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~1,690,000\
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Estimated cost $7.5 billion \
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Tsunami Warning System \
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Prompted by 2004 disaster was put in place in Indian Ocean in 2006 \
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Pressure sensors on ocean floor detect anomalous behaviour in water column and send information to surface buoys, which then relay data, via satellite, to onshore control centres.  \
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Countries where deaths occurred \
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Hours after initial event \
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Dec 26, 2004 00:58:53GMT: Epicentre of earthquake \
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INDIAN OCEAN \
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1 \
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2\
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3\
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4\
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5\
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6\
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7\
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8\
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9\
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10\
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11\
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12\
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13\
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1\
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5\
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10\
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Tsunami: Rise of sea floor displaced around 30 cubic kilometres of water, unleashing series of deadly waves up to 30 metres high \
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1,000km, 620 miles \
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INDIA PLATE \
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BURMA PLATE \
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Sunda Trench \
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Magnitude: 9.2M megathrust earthquake was third largest on record \
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Fault Slip: 30km below sea floor, 1,200km stretch of India Plate was thrust up to 20 metres beneath Burma Plate, raising sea floor by several metres.\
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Earthquake lasted up to 10 minutes - longest duration of faulting ever observed \
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Believed to have shortened Earth's days by 6.8 microseconds and shifted its axis by about 7cm \
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Released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima bombs  \
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*Deaths include missing \
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Sources: USGS, NASA, A Flying start, Then a Slow Slip by Roger Bilham \
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