A tsunami in the Indian Ocean caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake caused parts of Maldives to be covered by sea water and left many people homeless.

2004年由印度洋地震所导致的印度洋海啸使马尔代夫多处被海水侵蚀，让许多人无家可归。

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After the Indian Ocean earthquake and following tsunamis hit Thailand, China provided timely assistance to the country, for which the Thai people are deeply grateful.

泰国遭受印度洋地震海啸灾害后，中国及时向泰国伸出援助之手，对此，泰国人民非常感激。

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Natural disasters such as the earthquake that triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 have also caused reef loss.

诸如2004年触发印度洋海啸的地震这样的自然灾难也会导致珊瑚礁损失。

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It supervised creation of a system for nations on the edges of the Indian Ocean after the great earthquake and tsunami of two thousand four.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

A massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra created a tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Although the provisional death toll of 25 000 is one-tenth that of both the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in 2004 and the Haiti earthquake last year, the tragedy has deeply traumatized the population.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Minutes after the earthquake, Indian Ocean Regional Tsunami Service Providers of Australia, India and Indonesia issued bulletins with detailed information and threat evaluations.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Trading was tentative Wednesday morning as the market place digested news out of the Indian Ocean region, where a major earthquake occurred near Indonesia overnight.

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