One of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history: an undersea megathrust earthquake off Sumatra on December 26, 2004, that sent tsunami waves across the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in fourteen countries.
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Magnitude or ScaleMoment magnitude 9.2 to 9.3, per recent studies 1 Death TollApproximately 227,898 dead across the Indian Ocean region 1 LocationOff the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, on the Sunda megathrust 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
Caused By
A megathrust rupture on the Sunda subduction zone, where the Indian Plate is subducting beneath the Burma microplate.
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