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BPSC 47th Exam Prelims 2005 Solved Paper

Question : 90

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The earthquake originated due to the slipping of about 1,200 km of fault line by 15m along the subduction zone where the India Plate subducts the Burma plate at the Sunda Trench
The resulting tsunami devastated the shores ranging from the coast of Indonesia as far as the east coast of Africa, some 8,500 km away from the epicentre
As per the current estimates the quake-generated tsunami killed more than 50 lakh people, in addition to unaccounted dead bodies swept out to the sea.
Bangladesh had very few casualties because the quake-fault line was in a nearly north- south orientation; the greatest strength of the tsunami waves was in an east-west direction

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