Most Powerful Quake in 40 Years Triggers Death and Destruction
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The most powerful earthquake in 40 years struck south Asia this morning, triggering tsunamis that smashed into villages, resorts and tourist isles, killing thousands and leaving hundreds missing.
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JAKARTA - Indonesiaâs president has declared a massive earthquake which triggered tidal waves and left more than 1,840 dead on Sumatra island on Sunday a ânational disasterâ, state media said.
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The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines across Asia today, killing more than 1,500 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.
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The strongest earthquake in 40 years hit Southeast Asia Sunday morning, setting off tsunamis that killed thousands.
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Speaking calmly but with exhaustion heavy in her brown eyes, 31-year-old Epayani described Thursday how her city just 60 miles from the epicenter of Sunday's undersea quake suffered a terrible one-two punch of shaking ground and surging waves, losing perhaps half of its 40,000 residents.
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The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines across Asia, killing more than 1,500 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.
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The gargantuan earthquake that unleashed deadly tsunami waves in Asia was so powerful that it was nearly equal to the force of 1 million atomic bombs, scientists estimate.
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COLOMBO  - Over 8,300 people were killed and thousands more were missing after the most powerful earthquake for 40 years triggered giant tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas across Asia.
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A series of after shocks rocked Indonesia Friday raising the death toll from the original powerful quake to at least 16, Sky News reported.
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The strongest earthquake in 40 years claimed 10,000 lives on Sunday as tsunamis spread across the Indian Ocean, devastating coastal areas of Sri Lanka, southern India and Indonesia, as well as Thailand and Malaysia.
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More than 10,000 people die across Asia in massive waves triggered by the largest earthquake in 40 years.
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THE devastating tsunami on Sunday was triggered by the fifth-largest quake for a century and the biggest for 40 years, which caused giant waves that could be detected across the planet.
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An extremely powerful earthquake rocked northern Indonesia Sunday, and radio reports said nine people were killed as some buildings collapsed and large waves flooded coastal areas.
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MADRAS, 28 December 2004 - Grief and anguish marked final rituals across Southeast Asia yesterday as relatives buried or cremated their loved ones; and the death toll from a powerful earthquake and the giant tidal waves it unleashed crossed 25,000.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's biggest  earthquake in 40 years hit southern Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning  thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the  Maldives.
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Two of nature's most powerful forces &#151; a monster earthquake and a massive tsunami &#151; teamed up in southern Asia to cause death, human misery and destruction on a scale rarely seen before.
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NEW YORK -- The magnitude-8.9 earthquake that struck Indonesia Sunday was the world&#39;s fifth most powerful since 1900 and the strongest since a 9.2 temblor slammed Alaska 40 years ago, US earthquake experts said.