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PROVO -- Brigham Young University geology professor Ron Harris has had trouble sleeping since the earthquake he predicted seven years ago killed an estimated 150,000 people along the rim of the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26.
Research by Harris indicated an earthquake with a magnitude of at least 8.0 was due in the ocean west of Sumatra and would cause a devastating tsunami. He published the research in an Indonesian journal and pleaded with the government there to prepare, but little was done.See the full content of this document
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Y. Professor Warned of Temblor in 1997
"It might not have made any difference," Harris said of the advice he gave, "but 100,000 people is a lot of people, and I feel connected to it in a way that's hard to explain."
He's also living close to another potential tragedy, the m...See the full content of this document
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