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A man had no idea that he was capturing a tragic moment in history while filming his mates on holiday. It's been quite commonplace for people in the 21st century to document what they get up to on ...
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.
Another tsunami from 1881, triggered by a magnitude ~8 earthquake in the Andaman-Nicobar, was too small, 0.9 m in Port Blair and 0.8 m on the east coast of India, as recorded by tide gauges.
It generated a local tsunami with waves of up to 50 feet and killed an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people. While many people reached higher ground, some returned to the town before the second of ...
India News: On December 26, 2004, more than 230,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed by a 100-foot-high tsunami triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earthquak ...
The Boxing Day tsunami interrupted a civil war, triggered the worst rail accident in history and shattered the lives of millions. Twenty years on, those who escaped certain death share their stories.
Nineteen years ago, the world witnessed one of the most deadly disasters. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami killed more than 2,30,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and ...
One of modern history's worst natural disasters, the tsunami left about 230,000 dead across a dozen countries. Trauma lingers on for survivors of the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ...
Survivors and victims’ relatives will 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.
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: What To Know 20 Years On A 9.1-magnitude earthquake triggered huge waves that swept into coastal areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other nations.
Survivors and victims’ relatives will next 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.
Here is a look back at the impact of the deadliest tsunami in history. Faultline rupture. The tsunami was triggered by the longest faultline rupture from an earthquake ever observed, seconds before ...