Synopsis
Experts examine the seabed following the 2004 Tsunami and discover an underwater cliff, the evidence of a massive earthquake.
- Programme: 10 Things You Didn't Know About...
- Episode: Tsunamis
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2008
- Geography | Natural hazards | Plate tectonics | Earth structure and plate movement
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