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EXPLANATION M ain Shock 26 D ecem ber 2004 Aftershocks 5.70 - 5.90 5.91 - 6.40 6.41 - 6.90 6.91 - 7.30 Plate Boundaries Continental Convergent Continental Rift Continental LL Transform Continental RL Transform Oceanic Convergent Oceanic Rift Oceanic RL Transform Subduction Volcanoes Indian Ocean Andaman Sea Strait of Malaca Nicobar Islands Andaman Islands Myanmar Thailand Indonesia Burma Plate Sunda Plate Eurasia Plate India Plate Australia Plate Sunda Trench Sumatra 20˚ 15˚ 10˚ 95˚ 100˚ — Plate Boundary Aftershocks — Epicenter of Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake. December 26, 2004 India Plate Subducting Beneath Burma Plate

Indian Ocean - NASA · Indian Ocean Andaman Sea Strait of Malaca Nicobar Islands Andaman Islands Myanmar Thailand Indonesia Burma Plate Sunda Plate Eurasia Plate India Plate Australia

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Page 1: Indian Ocean - NASA · Indian Ocean Andaman Sea Strait of Malaca Nicobar Islands Andaman Islands Myanmar Thailand Indonesia Burma Plate Sunda Plate Eurasia Plate India Plate Australia

E X P L A N A T I O N

M a in S h o c k

2 6 D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 4

A f te r s h o c k s

5 .7 0 - 5 .9 0

5 .9 1 - 6 .4 0

6 .4 1 - 6 .9 0

6 .9 1 - 7 .3 0

P la te B o u n d a r ie s

C on tin e n ta l C on ve rg e n t

C on tin e n ta l R if t

C on tin e n ta l L L Tra n s fo rm

C on tin e n ta l R L T ra n s fo rm

O cean ic C on ve rg e n t

O cean ic R if t

O cean ic R L T ra n s fo rm

S ubdu ct ion

V o lc a n o e s

IndianOcean

AndamanSea

Strait ofMalaca

NicobarIslands

AndamanIslands

Myanmar

Thailand

Indonesia

BurmaPlate

SundaPlate

EurasiaPlate

IndiaPlate

AustraliaPlate

Sunda

Trench

Sumatra

20˚

15˚

10˚

95˚ 100˚

— Plate Boundary

Aftershocks —

Epicenter of Magnitude 9.0Earthquake. December 26, 2004

India Plate SubductingBeneath Burma Plate —