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Samantha Lock and (A)manda Parkinson

End of the world: tsunami seared into survivors' minds

An earthquake near Indonesia triggered the world's deadliest tsunami 20 years ago. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Bodies piled up as the death toll from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami climbed to almost 250,000 - 20 years later survivors and first responders are sharing memories of the deadliest natural disaster this century. 

Just before 8am on December 26, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the third of the world's great oceanic divisions shook its crust for a full eight minutes.

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