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Violent Earth
- (2006) 47 mins
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- Death,
- Earth,
- Earthquake,
- Human,
- Hurricane,
- National Geographic,
- Natural Disaster,
- Nature,
- Planet,
- Science & Nature,
- Tsunami,
- Volcano
Violent Earth Synopsis
Where and when the next mega disaster will strike -- volcanic eruption, earthquake, tsunami or hurricane -- is the focus of Violent Earth. Join tsunami scientist Jose Borrero of the University of Southern California on his trip to visit Banda Aceh with a National Geographic film team, barely one week after the December 26, 2004, tsunami -- a tsunami so strong it actually moved the island of Sumatra a hundred feet.
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