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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Deadly Java Tsunami Caused by Slow-Moving Quake


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People gather on July 18 around houses wrecked by a tsunami that struck the day before on the Indonesian island of Java.

More than 300 people are dead after the tsunami, which was triggered by an unusually slow-moving undersea earthquake.

Photograph by Dimas Ardian/Getty Images