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- Title
- Tsunami spread, 2004
- Content partner
- Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- Collection
- Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- Description
This animation illustrates the spread of the tsunami waves caused by the Indian Ocean earthquake of 26 December 2004. They travelled thousands of kilometres across the Indian Ocean and beyond.
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2 March 2009
- Contributing partner
- National Geophysical Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- URL
- https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/6207/tsunami-spread-2004
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http://www.teara.govt.nz/copyright, Crown Copyright administered through the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. All text licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence unless otherwise stated. Commercial re-use may be allowed on request. All non-text content is subject to specific conditions. National Geophysical Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Reference: Vasily V. Titov, Tsunami Inundation Mapping Efforts (TIME), NOAA/PMEL - UW/JISAO, USA This item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.
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