Webtsunami waves travel fast.

The day after christmas in 2004 in the region would go down in history due to a devastating earthquake that erupted underneath the indian ocean.

Webin addition, just a few hundred metres away, the furious waves scoured away six feet (around 1. 8 metres) of sand from a section of beach, uncovering a handful of ancient boulders carved with animals and gods.

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Weban innocuous video of a man lounging on a beach in thailand chillingly captured the first waves of a tsunami that killed more than 200,00 people.

Webin the wake of the christmas weekend tsunami in the indian ocean, one of the worst disasters in history, national geographic news examines the killer waves' causes and warning signsβ€”information.

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