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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 06:58:50 local time. 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 and Sri Lanka. 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.

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See also

• List of earthquakes

External links

• USGS page

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4125481.stm
• http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aGlkf7Q9bYkA&refer=top_world_news
• http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7178847
• http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11785540%255E401,00.html
• http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1272425.htm
• http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/asia.quake/

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