Asian Quake is Most Powerful in 40 Years

NPR | By Sheilah Kast

Published December 26, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Sheilah Kast speaks with geophysicist Julie Martinez of the United States Geological Survey about Sunday morning's earthquake. It was the strongest quake in more than 40 years, and is estimated to have killed thousands as it spawned tsunamis in Southeast Asia.

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