VI. Choose correct word to complete the passage:
Under, pushing ,magnitudehigh ,island, region, where, devastated,
On the morning of December 26, 2004 a (1)……………….9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of Indonesian (2)……………….. of Sumatra. The earthquake resulted from complex slip on the fault (3)……………..the oceanic portion of the Indian Plate slides (4)…………….... Sumatra, part of the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor,(5)…………….. the overlying water up into a tsunami wave. The tsunami wave (6)………….. nearby areas where the wave may have been (7)……….... as 25 meters (80 feet) tall and killed nearly 300,000 people from nations in the (8)…………. and tourists from around the world.
VI. Choose correct word to complete the passage:
Under, pushing ,magnitude, high ,island, region, where, devastated,
On the morning of December 26, 2004 a (1) magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of Indonesian (2) island of Sumatra. The earthquake resulted from complex slip on the fault (3) where the oceanic portion of the Indian Plate slides (4) under Sumatra, part of the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor,(5) pushing the overlying water up into a tsunami wave. The tsunami wave (6) devastated nearby areas where the wave may have been (7) high as 25 meters (80 feet) tall and killed nearly 300,000 people from nations in the (8) region and tourists from around the world.