The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that hit Indonesia was also one of the worst disasters in the past 10 years that resulted in 155,000 fatalities, 500,000 injuries and caused in excess of 10 billion dollars' worth of damage, it is also estimated that 5 million people lost their homes along with access to food and water [Nat05]. ... The epicenter of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake was under the Indian Ocean, close to the west coast of the island of Sumatra and was caused when sections of tectonic plates moved violently and displaced a huge waves in all directions, the quake was the largest quake...

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