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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Top Five News Stories of the Decade: The Asian Tsunami

Exactly five years ago today, a 9.3 magnitude earthquake – the second largest earthquake ever recorded - hit off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. It triggered a tsunami along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing 226,000 people in eleven countries.

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  1. I saw on TV they had another earthquake under the sea today during the Tsuanami Memorial program but it only caused a small power outage.

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