Shallow Quakes Spark Strong Tsunamis

By Jacki Lyden

Published December 26, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

The massive, fatal waves that resulted from Sunday's powerful earthquake in Southeast India are among the most destructive tsunamis of the past 50 years. Hear NPR's Jacki Lyden and Laura Kong, director of the International Tsunami Information Center in Hawaii.

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