Cuddalore District is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.
Image: A view of Nataraja Shiva Temple at Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
Image: Indien Tamil Nadu Cuddalore Old Town Boats
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Image: Annamalai University gate , chidambaram
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1–9.3 Mw struck with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma Plate and the Indian Plate, and reached a Mercalli intensity up to IX in some areas.
Image: US Navy 050102 N 9593M 040 A village near the coast of Sumatra lays in ruin after the Tsunami that struck South East Asia
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Image: Man searching through rubble in Meulaboh after 2004 tsunami DM SD 06 11957
Image: 2004 tsunami balanced