Dangerous Boundary (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Dangerous Boundary

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Bangladesh, Myanmar and eastern India (all near top) are bisected by an extension of the tectonic boundary that ruptured under the Indian Ocean in 2004, killing some 230,000 people. Known quakes along the boundary's southern end are shown in different colors; the black sections nearer the top have not ruptured in historic times, but new research suggests they could.

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Michael Steckler/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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