Then and now
'The Indian Ocean was once regarded a low-risk area, but 2004's tsunami made us rethink what makes somewhere vulnerable to earthquakes,' says David Tappin, a tsunami expert at the British Geological Survey.
With this in mind scientists are now studying earthquakes and their resulting tsunamis in new ways to build up a clearer picture of where and when they could occur...
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David Tappin, tsunami expert, British Geological Survey.
Image: Caroline Adkin |
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