230,000 killed as massive earthquake triggers 100-foot-high tsunami 10 years ago this hour (Dec 26 2004)

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(Sunday, December 26, 2004, 00:58 UTC) — More than 230,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed today by a 100-foot-high tsunami triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean.