Lessons from post-2004 Indian Ocean tsunami research for the 2011 Pacific Ocean tsunami

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A Great Earthquake, one of the most powerful in recorded history, occurred off the coast of Honshu, North East Japan, on 11 March 2011. The previous Great Earthquake in Asia occurred off the coast of Sumatra, North West Indonesia, on 26 December 2004. Both were followed by local tsunamis and teletsunamis (tsunamis that travel large distances across the ocean).