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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

2004 CE · Chagos Archipelago, Africa · Disaster

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
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On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a Mw 9. 2–9. 3 earthquake struck with its epicenter off the west coast of Aceh, in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

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