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Abta and Atoll protected, subject to availability and conditions. It's 758 AM on December the 26th, 2004.

18 miles beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean, two tectonic plates grind and scrape.

Over the centuries, the pressure along this fault line has grown.

Periodically that pressure becomes too great,

forcing a sudden dramatic rupture.

As one plate slides beneath the other, the earth's crust is thrust violently upward,

lifting approximately 65 feet. It spreads at a speed of two kilometers a second,

ripping a fault in the seabed that extends for a thousand miles.

It's all over, within 13 minutes, a short, sharp flash of seismic activity.

But way up on the surface, the consequences of this earthquake

will be far-reaching and devastating.

The first tremors are felt in the towns that lie in the west coast of Sumatra,

deep vibrations that send people running from their homes.

But these shock waves are merely a prelude.

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