Which one of the following statements about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the resulting Tsunami is not correct?

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Which one of the following statements about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the resulting Tsunami is not correct?

Bangladesh had very few casualties because the quakefault line was in a nearly northsouth orientation; the greatest strength of the tsunami waves was in an east-west direction.
As per the current estimates the quake-generated tsunami killed more than 50 lakh people, in addition to unaccounted dead bodies swept out to the sea.
T h e r e s u l t i n g t s u n a m i devastated the shores ranging from the coast of Indonesia as far as the east coast of Africa, some 8,500 km away from the epicentre.
The earthquake originated due to the slipping of about 1,200 km of fault line by 15m along the subduction zone where the India Plate subducts the Burma plate at the Sunda Trench.

Which one of the following statements about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the resulting Tsunami is not correct?

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Which one of the following statements about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the resulting Tsunami is not correct?

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