Huge waves have long-range effects
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At 6:58 am on Sunday (7:58 pm Saturday, our time) an earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean, in water about 18 miles deep just 155 miles off the west coast of Sumatra.
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Science & environment: Fishing, climate change and pollution have left an indelible mark on virtually all of the world's oceans
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Tsunami-like waves created by an earthquake may have triggered the world's largest known hydrothermal explosion some 13,000 years ago, a federal scientist says
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The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines across Asia, killing more than 1,500 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.
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More than 12,000 people are known to have died after a massive underwater earthquake sent giant waves crashing into coastlines across southern Asia.
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Giant waves triggered by a massive earthquake have killed at least 3,000 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.
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This summer's onslaught repeats a long-term cycle, bringing back warmer waters and more storms.
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Jakarta, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) Giant waves provoked by an earthquake located in front of the coast of Sumatra devastated the Indonesian coastline right up to India, causing the death of thousands of people Sunday.
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PARIS - The giant, deadly waves of seawater that crashed through coastal towns in Asia and parts of east Africa last weekend are commonly called tidal waves, but that term is not strictly correct, say scientists, who prefer the word tsunami.
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Tsunami-like waves created by an earthquake may have triggered the world's largest known hydrothermal explosion some 13,000 years ago, a federal scientist says.
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More than 10,000 people die across Asia in massive waves triggered by the largest earthquake in 40 years.
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Sunday, December 26, 2004 - The largest earthquake to strike the globe since 1964 has caused devastating tsunami waves that have killed thousands in south Asia.
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Just 15 miles off Florida's coast, the world's most powerful sustained ocean current Â the mighty Gulf Stream Â rushes by at nearly 8.5 billion gallons per second. And it never stops.
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SACRAMENTO -- They were at a seaside bungalow when the Indian Ocean swelled unexpectedly and roared mercilessly onto land. The invading currents swept Laura Wales in a swirl of debris, but somehow she survived.
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People call for help after tidal waves destroyed their homes and left them stranded in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. Massive sea waves, apparently triggered by oceanic earthquakes, crashed into
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The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines across Asia today, killing more than 1,500 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.
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Water depths in parts of the Straits of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping channels off the coast of Sumatra, reached about 4,000 feet before last month's tsunami. Now, reports are coming in of just 100 feet &#151; too dangerous for shipping, if proved true.