The December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Initial Findings on Tsunami Sand Deposits, Damage, and Inundation in Sri Lanka

Damage to Structures

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Panorama panorama from photos taken about 100 m inland at the Nalaveli Hotel on Sri Lanka's east coast. The USGS logo is centered in the direction of the beach.
 

Pan and zoom around the 360° view (panorama) of this location with Quicktime VR, 1.9 MB

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• Quicktime VR 1.9 MB
• large jpeg 206" x 23" 6.9 MB
• medium jpeg 74" x 8" 567 kb
• small jpeg 37" x 4" 309 kb
• for printing, download a high-resolution jpeg (300 dpi, 18" x 2") 1.6 MB