WELLINGTON, New Zealand--The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea ... for a volcanic eruption to affect an entire ocean basin, and the spectacle was both “humbling and scary.” ...

Indonesia is a vast archipelago nation on the Pacific ... systems - The tsunami also forced a reckoning about the preparedness of coastal communities around the Indian Ocean basin.

The tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean - Copyright AFP ROMEO GACAD The tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean - Copyright AFP ...

It led to the establishment of Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System that serves 27 Indian Ocean Basin countries ... Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre that operates in ...