Some 6,000 aftershocks followed. The tsunami that rose from this great shifting of tectonic plates reached over 115 feet in some places and ultimately killed about 230,000 people in Indonesia ...
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These tsunami-generating earthquakes originate mainly in subduction zones, where tectonic plates collide and one is forced under the other,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that the earthquake had an intensity level of 5 on the Japanese scale.
CNA visits the Indonesian province for an insight into how survivors are rebuilding their lives 20 years after one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history.
These tsunami-generating earthquakes originate mainly in subduction zones, where tectonic plates collide and one is forced under the other," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.