Indian Ocean - NASA · Indian Ocean Andaman Sea Strait of Malaca Nicobar Islands Andaman Islands...
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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˚ 5˚ 95˚ 100˚ — Plate Boundary Aftershocks — Epicenter of Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake. December 26, 2004 India Plate Subducting Beneath Burma Plate — —
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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˚
5˚
95˚ 100˚
— Plate Boundary
Aftershocks —
Epicenter of Magnitude 9.0Earthquake. December 26, 2004
India Plate SubductingBeneath Burma Plate —
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