Synopsis
Demonstrations of what happened to cause the earthquake and then tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004.
- Programme: Volcano Live
- Series: 1
- Episode: 3
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2012
- Geography | Natural hazards | Tsunamis | Tsunamis
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