Coming up on the 20th anniversary of this portentous event, which claimed over 200,000 lives, almost all from the massive tsunami. The tragedy sparked significant advances in tsunami monitoring, and led directly to the advent of 24/7 operations at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center,
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Adam Pascale
It’s hard to comprehend just how powerful the 2004 magnitude 9.1 Boxing Day earthquake was. It tore along the earth for almost 10 minutes, and released energy equivalent to about 50,000 atom bombs.
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