Animation of Indian Ocean Tsunami - Global

The massive tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean literally rippled around the world. NOAA scientist Vasily Titov, using seismic data, rendered an animation showing how the tsunami waves propagated across the Earth. Some of the waves reached the United States and many other nations outside the Indian Ocean.

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Keywords: TSUNAMI, EARTHQUAKE, INDIAN OCEAN, TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM, ECOSYSTEMS, FISHERIES

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Related Topics: Tsunamis, Tsunami warning systems, Impact of Tsunamis on Ecosystems, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Seychelles, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Kenya, South Asia, East Africa, Indian Ocean

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