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Galle is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, 119 km (74 mi) from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern Province, Sri Lanka and is the capital of Galle District.
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, 1868
The port of Galle in 1754
Faculty of Engineering, Galle
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
Image: 041231중앙119구조본부 서남아시아 지진해일 출동3
Image: Man searching through rubble in Meulaboh after 2004 tsunami DM SD 06 11957
Image: 2004 tsunami balanced