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Description
Flashcards by Yolanda He, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Yolanda He
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Date of tsunami | 26the of December 2004 |
| Tectonic Plate names | Indo-Australian plate & Burma plate |
| Location of epicenter | 30 km below the Indian Ocean's surface |
| Location of Sumatara in relation to the earthquake | The EQ happened 250 km off the west coast of Sumatra. Sumatra is the closest place to the earthquake's epicentre. |
| Depth of EQ | The epicentre of EQ was 30 km below the Indian Ocean's Surface |
| Speed of waves | 900km/hours |
| Direction waves travelled and countries affected | Vertically spread out in all direction. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand |
| Height of waves | The 30cm deep sea water waves became 20 m high when they crashed onto the beach. |
| Time taken to reach the shore | The waves travelling east took only 30 minutes to reach Sumatra, closest to the earthquake's epicentre. Then continued across the Andaman Sea to Thailand |
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