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- 1Date of tsunami26the of December 2004
- 2Tectonic Plate namesIndo-Australian plate & Burma plate
- 3Location of epicenter30 km below the Indian Ocean's surface
- 4Location of Sumatara in relation to the earthquakeThe EQ happened 250 km off the west coast of Sumatra. Sumatra is the closest place to the earthquake's epicentre.
- 5Depth of EQThe epicentre of EQ was 30 km below the Indian Ocean's Surface
- 6Speed of waves900km/hours
- 7Direction waves travelled and countries affectedVertically spread out in all direction.
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand - 8Height of wavesThe 30cm deep sea water waves became 20 m high when they crashed onto the beach.
- 9Time taken to reach the shoreThe waves travelling east took only 30 minutes to reach Sumatra, closest to the earthquake's epicentre. Then continued across the Andaman Sea to Thailand
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