Tsunami Wavefield for the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake

Animation 9.1 shows the geographic extent of the tsunami's waves. Aceh province, on the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, bore the brunt of the wave action. This tsunami killed 167,540 people in Indonesia alone.

Tsunami Wavefield for the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake (Eric Geist, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center,

Animation 9.1 Tsunami Wavefield for the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake.


Source: Eric Geist, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, http://www.usgs.gov/media/images/tsunami-wavefield-2004-sumatra-earthquake-1
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