South Asia earthquake, 26 December 2004 at 00:58:53 UTC (7:58:53 AM local time at epicenter). This earthquake unleashed a series of tsunamis that crashed into coastal towns, fishing villages and tourist resorts in 11 countries bordering the Indian Ocean.
Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

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One year ago, Bam earthquake occurred on 26 December 2003 at 01:56:52 UTC* (5:26:52 AM local time at epicenter), with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale. We provided two earthquake lectures at: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec13181/index.htm http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec15221/index.htm

Please examine these to understand earthquakes.

We should be ready always for huge disasters in our communities!

* Universal Coordinated Time