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Ancient tsunami uncovered

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Indian Ocean disaster of 2004 was biggest in more than 600 years.

Geologists have found evidence for the most recent predecessor of the Indian Ocean mega-tsunami thought to have killed more than 220,000 people in 2004.

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  1. Quirin Schiermeier
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Schiermeier, Q. Ancient tsunami uncovered. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.1193

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