On Boxing Day 2004, those on the coast of South and Southeast Asia were sadly in the path of a destructive force. Ultimately, it claimed the lives of 220,000 people, while injuring thousands more in ...

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.

This region is globally recognised for seismic activity because it lies atop a major tectonic boundary, where the Indian ...

On Wednesday afternoon, an 8.6 earthquake struck some 300 miles off the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a region that was devastated in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.

Aerial file photo shows a coastal area of Banda Aceh, 05 January 2005, two weeks after a powerful tsunami hit the region on December 26 2004, following a submarine earthquake, leaving 228,429 ...

Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered ...

The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people across a dozen countries, reaching as far as East ...

The magnitude-9.1 earthquake of Dec. 26, 2004, 150 miles off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, packed the energy of 23,000 atomic bombs, according to National Geographic.

A woman weeps as she prays at a mass grave at victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah) ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the ...

The epicentre of the earthquake was located at a latitude 6.82 degree north: and a longitude of 93.37 degree east. The depth ...

On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In the aftermath of the quake, a massive tsunami was triggered, sending ...