* Seismic wave generated by biggest earthquake in 40 years
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COLOMBO: Over 23,000 people were killed and some 5,200 injured after a tsunami slammed into coasts from India to Indonesia... NEW DELHI: Huge waves that battered the Indian coastline after an earthquake in
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's biggest  earthquake in 40 years hit south Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India and swamped  tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives, killing more than  6,300 people.
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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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There are moments in history when the potential for seismic shifts is so great that it&#39;s palpable. Yasser Arafat&#39;s death has created one of them.
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Floridians can go back to worrying about hurricanes. Scientists said Sunday's magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rattled windows from southwest Florida to Louisiana is rare &#151; the largest earthquake in the eastern Gulf of Mexico in 30 years. A seismic jolt powerful enough to do damage or unleash a tsunami on the U.S. Gulf Coast is unlikely.
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The world&#39;s biggest earthquake in 40 years hit south Asia Sunday, unleashing a tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India and swamped tourist isles in Thailand
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- The first images yesterday of the seabed battered by the earthquake that triggered Asia's catastrophic tsunami revealed huge ruptures spanning several miles.
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ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY A father of a victim of Sunday&#39;s quake-triggered tidal wave cries before a mass burial in Tamil Tiger rebel-held Mullativu, eastern Sri Lanka, December 28, 2004.
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Dec. 28, 2004 - The gigantic Asian sea quake, the most dramatic seismic shock in more than 40 years, made the earth wobble on its axis and permanently changed the geology of the surrounding area, scientists said Tuesday.
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As dawn broke Monday across the Bay of Bengal, countries struck by tsunamis in the wake of the most powerful earthquake the planet has seen in 40 years focused on relief and rescue efforts, and said the death toll from the giant
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Foreign tourists from Phi Phi Islands arrive in Phuket, December 26, 2004 after the area was hit by a devastating tsunami. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (CP) - The world&#39;s most powerful earthquake in 40 years struck deep under the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra on Sunday, triggering waves up to six metres high that obliterated villages and seaside resorts in six countries
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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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Scientists describe Sunday's devastating earthquake off the island of Sumatra as a "megathrust" &#151; a grade reserved for the most powerful shifts in the Earth's crust. The term doesn't entirely capture the awesome power of the fourth largest earthquake since 1900, or the tsunami catastrophes it spawned for coastal areas around the Indian Ocean.
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More than 9,300 people across Asia were killed today after one of the most powerful earthquakes on record triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Thailand and Malaysia.
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France's global seismic monitoring station said two aftershocks measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale were recorded yesterday after a huge quake near Indonesia which caused massive killer waves to sweep parts of ...
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One of the most powerful earthquakes in history Sunday triggered a tsunami that swept across thousands of miles of shoreline in southern Asia, swamping fishing villages in India and Sri Lanka as well tourist resorts in Thailand and the Maldives, and