![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509073747im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Scientists Find Evidence of Tsunamis on Indian Ocean Shores Long Before 2004
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October 29, 2008
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A quarter-million people were killed when a tsunami inundated Indian Ocean coastlines the day after Christmas in 2004. Now, scientists have found evidence that the event was not a first-time occurrence.
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Source University of Washington
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