The epicentre was located ... warning times to just minutes after a tsunami wave forms. Experts said the lack of a properly coordinated warning system in 2004 had made the disaster's impact ...

Facebook was launched early in 2004 but was not yet widely used when the tsunami hit ... saves lives -- hours lapsed between the tremor's epicentre near Indonesia and the giant waves that crashed ...

Subsequently, a tsunami advisory was issued for Miyazaki and Kochi prefectures by the weather agency. "The quake's epicentre was at a depth of 30 km in the Hyuganada Sea. Immediately following the ...