Synopsis
On 26 December 2004 there was a massive and sudden movement of the Earth's crust under the Indian Ocean. This earthquake was recorded at magnitude 9 on the Richter Scale and as it happened under the ocean, caused a devastating sea wave called a tsunami.
- Programme: Unstoppable Wave
- Channel: BBC One Scotland
- Broadcast year: 2005
- Geography | Plate Tectonics | Tsunami
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