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View of the swimming pool at the Triton Hotel Sri Lanka at 09:36 local time on 26 Dec 2004. The hotel is right on the beach (to the upper-left of the photo). A small wave had rolled over the swimming pool at about 09:30 bringing a lot of sand with it (height above normal sea level about 2m), but doing no damage. The clock in the camera was not accurately set, so the absolute times of all these photos have been estimated by shifting to a few points when I noted the time. The relative times will be very accurate. Image Credit: Chris Chapman. Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K December 26, 2004 Sumatra Indonesia earthquake and tsunami This is the fourth largest earthquake in the world since 1900 and is the largest since the 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska earthquake. The earthquake caused severe damage and casualties in northern Sumatra, Indonesia and in the Nicobar Islands, India. More than 297,248 people were either killed or listed as missing and presumed dead and 1,126,900 were displaced by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 13 countries in South Asia and East Africa. The estimated economic losses exceeded $10 billion Event Data:
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