Cracks opened in the earth, then the waves came and people ...
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It began as a deep rumble from the earth&#39;s core - loud as a jet aircraft - then the ground began to tear itself apart. Huge cracks swallowed cars, rickshaws and people without discrimination.
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A massive earthquake under the sea has sent huge waves crashing into countries in south and east Asia. Thousands of people are feared dead following the quake, which hit 8.9 on the Richter scale - making it the strongest in the world for 40 years.
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The devastating earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean probably caused some islands to move by several metres.
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Earthquakes can be triggered by the Earthâs tides, UCLA scientists confirmed Oct. 21 in Science Express, the online journal of Science.
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How our lives ground to a halt when a storm knocked out power.
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The BBC received tens of thousands of emails from friends and relatives of people caught up in the Asian tsunami. Some of them tell the story of how they were reunited here.
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People call for help after tidal waves destroyed their homes and left them stranded in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. Massive sea waves, apparently triggered by oceanic earthquakes, crashed into
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The slow and nearly constant vibrations of Earth&#39;s crust stem from severe winter weather over some of the world&#39;s oceans, a new analysis of seismic data suggests.
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Giant waves triggered by a massive earthquake have killed at least 3,000 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.
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The devastating earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean on 26 December was so powerful that it has accelerated the Earth&#39;s rotation, geophysicists have declared.
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Earth sits between two worlds that have been devastated by climate catastrophes.
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Earth's shape was changed in the giant wave-inducing earthquake, shifting the day's length and the planet's spin.
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A magnitude 9.0 earthquake on December 26, off the west coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered massive tsunamis that affected several countries throughout South and Southeast Asia, as well as Somalia, Tanzania, and Kenya in East Africa.
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More than 12,300 people were killed and  tens of thousands left homeless after a powerful undersea  earthquake unleashed giant tsunami waves that crashed into the  coasts of south and southeast Asia.
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PORONG, Indonesia -- For nine months, a gaping hole in the ground has spit out a torrent of hot, black mud, swallowing thousands of houses outside Indonesia's second-largest city and attracting amazed geologists from around the world.
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A day after an epic earthquake and the massive wall of water it produced in the Indian Ocean killed and injured thousands of people and displaced many more, the Mennonite
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Pictures of the devastation left by huge earthquake-triggered waves around the Indian Ocean.