Asia Quake, Tsunami Moved Islands, Shortened Days
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The massive earthquake that triggered the Asian tsunami wobbled the earth on its axis, forced cartographers back to the drawing board and changed time by a fraction, but there's no need to adjust your clocks.
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[World News]: Sydney/Colombo, Dec 27 : Did the smaller and earlier tremor last week off Tasmania in Australia trigger the tsunami that devastated many areas in South and Southeast Asia.
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An 8.9-magnitude earthquake, the fifth strongest in a century, struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra, unleashing giant tidal waves that killed hundreds of people across India and Southeast Asia.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - One of the most powerful  earthquakes in history hit Asia Sunday, unleashing a tsunami  which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia  and tourist isles in Thailand, killing more than 11,300 people.
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Waves began pummeling southern Thailand about an hour after the earthquake Sunday. After 2Â½ hours, the torrents had traveled some 1,000 miles and slammed into India and Sri Lanka.
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The magnitude of the tsunami that remade the coasts of the Asian subcontinent was slowly gauged across the world.
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The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the earth&#39;s rotation - shortening days by a fraction of a second - and caused the planet to wobble on its axis, US scientists said.
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New Delhi, Dec 29 (UNI) Six earthquakes of moderate intensity today rocked the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, one of the worst-hit regions in Sunday&#39;s monster tsunami.
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Sri Lanka, December 26 - An earthquake of epic power struck deep beneath the Indian Ocean on Sunday, unleashing 20-foot tidal waves that came crashing down on beaches in eight Asian countries across thousands of miles, smashing seaside resorts and
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Port Blair, Dec.31. (PTI): Navy ships and Indian Air Force helicopters continued to make sorties carrying relief materials and evacuating people to the Tsunami-hit islands in Andaman and Nicobar which were jolted by moderate quakes this morning.
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The deadly Asian quake may have permanently accelerated the Earth&#39;s rotation, shortening days by a fraction of a second, US scientists have said.
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The magnitude of the tsunami that killed tens of thousands and remade the coasts of the Asian subcontinent was slowly gauged across the world.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia Dec 26, 2004 - The world&#39;s most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 2,200 people in five countries.
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[World News]: London, Dec 29 : The earthquake responsible for the Asian tsunami was so powerful that it might have changed the local geography, shifting islands and the mainland of Sumatra by as much as 36 metres, according to American seismologists.
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Tens of thousands of residents fled coasts in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand after warnings of possible new tsunamis Thursday, and pilots in Indonesia dropped food
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About 4,000 people in Sri Lanka,India, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia have been killed by horrible tsunamis triggered by devastating earthquake on Sunday.
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A huge earthquake has hit southern Asia, setting off a tsunami that has drowned hundreds in Sri Lanka and India, sent Indonesians rushing to high ground and washed