One of the most severe earthquakes

Ever experienced

Other than that in Japan

On March 11, 2011  

Was that which occurred 

In the Java Sea

In 2004

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Java Sea is located

In the Malay Archipelago

It’s southeast of Asia

The islands of Borneo, Java

And Sumatra encircle it

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This earthquake

That triggered the tsunami

Was 9.3 on the Richter scale

Impacted Sumatra, Malaysia

And Thailand

While that in Japan was 

8.9 magnitude

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Waves were three hundred

Miles wide from the Java Sea

And came in 15-feet high waves

Destroying everything

In its path by bringing

Huge quantities of sand

And rock ashore

Which like the tsunami

In Japan ripped everything to threads

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Japan’s case was serious

For a number of nuclear plants

Were affected

And even to this day

There are problems

With many Japanese demonstrating

Against them

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In Japan 350 lives were lost

While the tsunami of the Java Sea

Claimed 200

That spread over five thousand 

Square miles

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