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2004 Tsunami. By, Jacob Louis Abrams Schleider.
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What is a tsunami?
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When there is a natural disaster under water. Disasters such as earthquakes, landslides and underwater volcano’s.
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When did it happen? This disaster happened on December 26, 2004.
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What caused the 2004 tsunami? A massive earthquake split the earth in the Indian ocean. This earthquake caused massive shock waves to flood 11 countries.
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What was the earthquake on the richter scale? It was a 9.0 earth quake on the ricter scale.
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How fast was it? It traveled at about 600 mph. It took the Tsunami 75 minutes to reach land.
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What were the waves like? There were 3 waves. The first and second one averaged at about 35 feet. The last one was about half the size at about 15 feet.
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Over all death rate. The 2004 Tsunami killed about 275,950 people.
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Indonesia and Thailand These two countries got hit the worse. They both had the highest death toll. They both are still rebuilding today.
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