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=media type="youtube" key="0NfKZAiWRoE?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="right"Tsunami in Sumatara= On the morining of December 26, 2004 an earthquake of a 9.3 magnitude struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was the third largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph and lasted 8-10 minutes long. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor, pushing the overlying water up into a tsunami wave. The waves were 50-100 feet tall and killed nearly 300,000 people from nations in region and tourists around the world, because the waves hit the land at 3,000 mph. The scientists called this earthquake Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. This is one of the deadliest natural disaters in recorded history. And a worldwide community donated more that $7 billion in humanitarian aid to help with the families and clean up.