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

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

Are we better prepared today? - Where we are in Greece, 20 years after the deadliest tsunami in history, in the Indian Ocean ...

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 ...

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

The railway community in Sri Lanka and all national-minded islanders commemorate 27 December as the day on which the ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Russia's Kuril Islands on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 145 km (90.1 miles), GFZ said.

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

Twenty years ago today, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake unleashed a tsunami across the Indian Ocean region. Towering waves, some ...

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive ...

Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday -- ...