Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

In 2004 a large part of the world was rocked by the Indian Ocean earthquake and subsequent tsunami, killing over 167,000 people in Indonesia (mainly Aceh) alone and resulted in the displacement of ...

In December 2004, a massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries.

leaving millions without a home When the Boxing Day tsunami devastated people on the coastlines of Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and other countries 20 years ago, a relatively new disaster ...

We hear two stories from the deadly 2004 Boxing Day tsunami ... director of exhibits at Ripley’s. (Photo: Tsunami devastation in Indonesia. Credit: Getty Images) ...

Boxing Day in Indonesia is regarded among the important events. People from different age groups including men, women, and children start planning many days before the event. People living in ...

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the ...

On Boxing Day, December 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake near Sumatra triggered one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. The Indian Ocean tsunami claimed over 220,000 lives and ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami ... Indonesia, and, like many Indonesians, uses only one name. At the time, he assumed that meant that only Japan needed to worry about the natural disaster. “It misled a lot ...

Faisal Syafii's wife had just brought him coffee when the earth started shaking on Boxing Day 2004 ... never know tsunami." A 9.1 magnitude earthquake had struck off the coast of Sumatra ...

Today marks 20 years since the Boxing Day ... tsunami - an earthquake in the ocean." At 7.59am local time an earthquake at a magnitude of 9.1, occurred off the coast of the Indonesian island of ...