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1 Tsunami

2 What is a tsunami?  It is a huge wave caused by an undersea earthquake

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4 What causes a tsunami?

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6 Case Study: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Date: 26th December 2004 Magnitude: 9.1 on the Richter scale Where? : Indian Ocean Height of the wave: reached up to 15 meters when it approached the coast Caused: when the Indio-Australian Plate subducted below the Eurasian Plate.

7 Effects of the tsunami

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