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Nature 433, 354 (27 January 2005) | doi:10.1038/433354a; Published online 26 January 2005

Get off the beach — now!

David Cyranoski

  1. David Cyranoski is Nature's Asian-Pacific correspondent.

As a theoretical seismologist, Chris Chapman says he "sits in front of the computer trying to work out how seismic waves can tell us things about the interior of the Earth". Sitting in Ahungalla, 30 kilometres north of hard-hit Galle on the southwest tip of Sri Lanka when last month's tsunami rolled in, he got a fresh perspective on earthquakes and their impact.

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