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Tsunami wave field in the Bay of Bengal.
View to the north west, focused near the earthquake epicenter (northern Sumatra).
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The December 26, 2004 M=9.0 Sumatra earthquake occurred along a subduction zone in which the India Plate, an oceanic plate, is being subducted beneath the Burma Plate.
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute at Kyoto University provides a comprehensive web site of data collected in the aftermath of this event.
Tectonics of Sumatra-Andaman Islands |
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