FQ1

Question	Answer
Date of tsunami	26the of December 2004
Tectonic Plate names	Indo-Australian plate & Burma plate
Location of epicenter	30 km below the Indian Ocean's surface
Location of Sumatara in relation to the earthquake	The EQ happened 250 km off the west coast of Sumatra. Sumatra is the closest place to the earthquake's epicentre.
Depth of EQ	The epicentre of EQ was 30 km below the Indian Ocean's Surface
Speed of waves	900km/hours
Direction waves travelled and countries affected	Vertically spread out in all direction. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand
Height of waves	The 30cm deep sea water waves became 20 m high when they crashed onto the beach.
Time taken to reach the shore	The waves travelling east took only 30 minutes to reach Sumatra, closest to the earthquake's epicentre. Then continued across the Andaman Sea to Thailand

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