On December 26, 2004, a powerful earthquake off the coast of Aceh in Indonesia triggered a series of waves that inundated coastal communities and killed 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, ...
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra on Friday. The United States Geological Survey said the shallow quake hit at 12:30 near the island of Nias, about 250 ...
Subduction zones like the Andaman-Sumatra region are becoming significant as they provide clues to earthquake generation. The discovery of slow slips — tectonic faults that move many orders of ...
The earthquake which rocked Padang, western Sumatra in September last year killing more than 1000 people was not the 'great earthquake' which earth scientists are waiting for. In fact, it may have ...
A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island, causing widespread devastation across the Indian Ocean region. The 9.1-magnitude quake generated massive waves that impacted coastal ...
Along Thailand’s Andaman coast, at least 5,400 people ... that there’s an earthquake in Sumatra, everyone will be spooked,” he said. About once a year, a siren blares off in a tsunami ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, one of the largest recorded earthquakes struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, heaving a piece ... the tsunami wreaked havoc in the Andaman Islands, hours before striking ...
December 26, 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, triggered by the 9.1 magnitude Sumatra-Andaman earthquake that killed 2,28,000 people, including over 10,000 in India ...
The 9.1-magnitude event, known scientifically as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, killed an estimated 226,408 people according to EM-DAT, a recognized global disaster database. Waves as high as 30 ...