The resulting tsunami struck nations in the Indian Ocean including Thailand and Sri Lanka and reached as far as Africa, killing an estimated 220,000-plus people, including about 40 Japanese.
In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people across 12 countries. Ali Rogin ...
The last widely devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean was that spawned by the eruption ... mapping the seafloor topography, studying the effects of past tsunamis, and making computer models ...
The tsunami’s effects stretched beyond the Indian Ocean. Despite decreased tsunami dangers, regions such as the Caribbean have implemented Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) to counter ...
“The devastation was unimaginable,” said Arianto Andrian, describing what he experienced in Indonesia as he recalled the catastrophic Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that struck the shores of ...
Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern ...
Children stand at a vertical evacuation shelter overlooking the coastline that was destroyed by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Image: ESCAP/Temily Baker BANGKOK Today marks ...
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia Dec. 26, 2024 3:21 p.m. A relative of a victim of a 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami participates in its 20th anniversary at Tsunami Memorial Park at Ban Nam Khem, Takuapa district ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to 100 feet high, killing an estimated 230,000 people. Twenty years later, people gathered ...
People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history's worst ...