On Dec. 26, 2004, a powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed ... to the earthquake’s epicenter and with 18 of 23 ...

Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.

(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Visitors looks at a wall displaying the names of the victims of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ... closest to the earthquake’s epicenter and with 18 of 23 districts and ...

The epicentre was located ... warning times to just minutes after a tsunami wave forms. Experts said the lack of a properly coordinated warning system in 2004 had made the disaster's impact ...

Scenes of destruction are pouring in from Peru, as abnormally large surf – with some reports calling the waves “13-foot” and ...

The 2004 tsunami was not simply a natural disaster but a graphic exposure of the failure of the capitalist system, the ruling ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

The tsunami science world was small and mostly under the radar of mainstream media. There was plenty of interesting work ...

Understanding of the Sumatran subduction zone and its hazards has increased since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ...

Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to ...

The majority of deaths from the 2004 earthquake and tsunami were in Indonesia. But one island had just a handful of deaths, ...

I don’t wish ever a disaster of this magnitude on anyone,” one woman said. But the 2004 Asian tsunami also made her realize ...