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Naomi Watts on Preparing for 'The Impossible' Actress said she spent time with 2004 tsunami victims in Thailand, where the film was shot.

The day after Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people across a dozen countries.

Since the tsunami, Indian Ocean countries have installed expensive warning systems and staged periodic evacuation drills to better prepare for another such disaster.

According to the World Bank, foreign tourists spent $13 billion in Thailand in 2004, with that figure dropping the year after the tsunami to $12.1 billion.

The quick thinking of a 10-year-old English girl, Tilly Smith, is credited with helping to save some 100 lives just before the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 struck the island of Phuket in Thailand.

Thailand has installed buoys far off its coast that have become a crucial part of a global tsunami warning system since the devastating 2004 earthquake and tsunami ...