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A magnitude 8.9 undersea earthquake struck the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia on December 26, 2004 00:58:50 UTC (or 07:58:50 local time in Jakarta and Bangkok). It was the strongest earthquake in the world since the Good Friday Earthquake which struck Alaska in 1964, and the fifth largest since 1900.

The earthquake triggered massive tsunamis (popularly known as "tidal waves"), which struck coastal areas of India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and the Australian Cocos Island. The known death toll is over 1000 in Sri Lanka alone.

The quake was felt as far away as Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand.

The popular tourist resort of Phuket in Thailand was affected. At least 36 deaths were reported there, and others are missing.

The earthquake was unusually large in geographical extent, in that over 1000 km of faultline broke. It was initially reported at magnitude 8.5 but soon upgraded to 8.9. The largest recorded earthquake was the Great Chilean Earthquake of 1960, at magnitude 9.5.

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