Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

The earthquake that caused the Indian Ocean tsunami took place on December 26, 2004, but the extent of the ... just west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Indonesia was hardest hit, followed ...

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people across 12 countries. Ali Rogin ...

EDITORIAL: Two decades after the 2004 tsunami devastated coastal communities ... Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, the tsunami unfolded as one of the deadliest ...

At least one seismologist, Phil Cummins, warned in October 2003 and again in August 2004 of the danger of a giant earthquake and tsunami centred on Sumatra and urged an extension of the tsunami ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake, off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people across a dozen countries ...

On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered a huge tsunami with waves up to 30 metres (100 feet) high. Only a rudimentary warning system was in place at the ...

People have gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark the 20th anniversary of the massive Indian Ocean tsunami. On Boxing Day in 2004, a powerful 9.1 ...

A two-minute silence was observed across Sri Lanka today (December 26) from 9:25 a.m. to 9:27 a.m. to honor the memory of those who perished in the 2004 tsunami and other natural ... on the Richter ...

People from all walks of lives joined the fishers and the Tsunami ... island of Sumatra in Indonesia. The unprecedented devastation due to the fury of the waves affected around 50 town panchayats ...