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

On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, the coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, was filled with thousands of people ...

Tsunami and earthquake data still isn’t shared widely around the world. Local authorities and experts often don’t communicate ...

Earthquakes followed by tsunami waves have always been a challenge for coastal communities. Coming during the holidays just adds to the devastation. Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 ...

People play in the water at Ulee Lheue beach which was one of the areas hardest hit by Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo ...

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 ...

Across south-east Asia, people marked the 20th anniversary on Boxing Day, gathering in prayer at mass-grave sites, in which ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 ... Indonesian province of Aceh alone, according to the Indonesian government. The tsunami also forced a ...

The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family’s house on the Andaman Sea coast of ...

Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand sustained the brunt of the damage. Indonesian officials estimated that ...

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