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Published online 10 February 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050207-15
Corrected online: 11 February 2005

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Sea bed reveals earthquake scars

Pictures of ocean floor after tsunami show scene of devastation.

The first pictures of the earthquake zone that triggered the Asian tsunami show how the undersea landscape has been transformed by the clashing of tectonic plates.

It is the first time that the sea floor has been observed so soon after such a serious earthquake, scientists say.

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