On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, causing a massive wave that devastated ...
Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ... homeless and community bulletin boards plastered with photos of the missing. The tragedy prompted the biggest global ...
The lack of tsunami early warning systems in the Indian Ocean before the 2004 tsunami had made the disaster's impact worse. No seismic stations covered the entire area, and no telecommunication ...
Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries.
People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history's worst ...
ON Dec. 26, 2004, the world witnessed what has become known as the Boxing Day or Indian Ocean Tsunami, a natural disaster of such appalling magnitude that even now, two decades later, it boggles the ...
In these photos, a resident of a fishing village in India's Tamil Nadu state contemplates the remains of her house as fires continue to burn in her village. In Thailand, dozens of bodies are lined ...
Muslim women attend a mass prayers at the remains of Meuraxa hospital building that was hit by Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, next to Ulee Lheue mass grave, during the 20-years anniversary of the ...
December 26, 2024, marks the 20th year since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami generated by the quake of magnitude 9.1 was sourced off the Sumatran coast and was the third ...
The huge waves travelled around the Indian Ocean, hitting Sri Lanka, India and Thailand hours later. At their fastest the waves travelled at over 800 kilometres an hour (500 mph), more than twice ...