Death Toll Nears 24,000 After World’s Largest Quake In 40 Years — Magnitude 9.0 — Triggers Tidal Waves Across South Asia; New Englanders Battle Winter Storm
Death Toll Nears 24,000 After World’s Largest Quake In 40 Years — Magnitude 9.0 — Triggers Tidal Waves Across South Asia:
- Tsunami Toll Nears 24,000, Expected To Rise (Video of tidal wave inside)
- Millions Left Homeless (Image slideshow inside)
- Quake Moved Island Of Sumatra About 100 Feet To The Southwest
- Red Cross Urges Immediate Aid After Asia Tsunamis
- Donate To International Federation Of Red Cross
- “All the planet is vibrating” from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy’s National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the quake even disturbed the Earth’s rotation.
- Massive Quakes Difficult To Measure | Quake Sparked by Slipping Geologic Plates
- World’s 5th Most Powerful Since 1900, Strongest Since 9.2 Slammed Alaska In 1964
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- Data from USGS
- Giant circles seen on seismic map
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