1. "Strictly speaking, it‘s not very devastating." On Dec. 26, 2004, the most powerful earthquake in four decades _ magnitude '.0 _ ripped apart the Indian Ocean floor off Indonesia‘s Sumatra island, displacing millions of tons of water and spawning giant waves that sped off in all directions. ___ On the Net: USGS: USGS:http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usmgas.php Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg

2. On Dec. 26, 2004, the most powerful earthquake in four decades _ magnitude '.0 _ ripped apart the Indian Ocean floor off Indonesia‘s Sumatra island, displacing millions of tons of water and spawning giant waves that sped off in all directions. ___ On the Net: USGS: USGS:http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usmgas.php Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg Associated Press Writer Pesi Fonua in Nuku‘Alofa, Tonga contributed to this report.

3. The warning center‘s instruments detected a tsunami of less than 2 feet in areas close to the earthquake, geophysicist Barry Hirshorn said. We‘re not observing much of a tsunami,‘‘ he said. Strictly speaking, it‘s not very devastating.‘‘ On Dec. 26, 2004, the most powerful earthquake in four decades – magnitude '.0 – ripped apart the Indian Ocean floor off Indonesia‘s Sumatra island, displacing millions of tons of water and spawning giant waves that sped off in all directions. ^–– On the Net: USGS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usmgas.php Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg Privacy policy | Terms & conditions | Advertising guide | A–Z index | About this site