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Sea-bed structure affects tsunami size, study finds
by Yamin, Kafil, SciDevNet
20 July 2010

Differences in the structure of the ocean floor off the coast of Sumatra could explain why the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake created a much larger tsunami than a similar magnitude quake the following year, according to a study.
Read more at http://www.scidev.net/en ... ds-1.html.
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