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There were two magnitude 9+ earthquakes under the Indian ocean, (9.1 and 9.3) in that respect the earthquake that caused the tsunami was off the Richter scale!

The tsunami itself was 60ft high and travelled 40 mph upon reaching the shore, the first of the two waves sort of broke on the shore causing some damage, but this wet the land creating a slipstream for the second wave which destroyed most of the towns it hit.

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