sumatra earthquake tsunami

The malevolent earthquake and tsunami in Japan have jolted our minds back to the 2004 catastrophe in the Indian Ocean, as well as to last year's tsunamis in Chile and Sumatra.

来势汹汹的日本地震和海啸，把我们的思绪震回到了2004年的印度洋大灾难以及去年发生在智利和苏门答腊的海啸。

The massive earthquake and tsunami on December 26th 2004 flattened the coastline of Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra.

2004年12月26日发生的大地震和海啸，将苏门答腊岛北端的亚齐省海岸线夷为平地。

The ground track of the Jason-1 satellite is shown here as it crossed the Sumatra-Andaman tsunami at hourly intervals after the earthquake occurred.

2004年苏门答腊-安达曼大地震期间，Jason - 1号地面轨迹移动卫星每隔一小时便对该地震引起的海啸进行一次扫描，本图即为扫描结果。