The tsunami, which was triggered by a powerful 9.3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern Indonesia, is considered the deadliest natural disaster this century and one of the deadliest in ...

THE Asian tsunami tragedy on Dec 26, 2004, was the deadliest tsunami of the 21st century, hitting coastlines around the Indian Ocean and causing approximately 275,000 deaths, including those ...

Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to ...

Here is a look back at the impact of the deadliest tsunami in history. The tsunami was triggered by the longest faultline rupture from an earthquake ever observed, seconds before 7:59 am on ...

Paula would revise the numbers she entered into her database numerous times over several years, ending up with a death toll of 227,899, making it the deadliest tsunami of all times, surpassing ...

The Boxing and Poya Day tsunami, a name unfamiliar to many in Sri Lanka then, wreaked havoc in the lives of thousands and left a trail of death and destruction in its wake on December 26, 2004.

Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand sustained the brunt of the damage. Indonesian officials estimated that ...

In 2004, the deadliest tsunami in recorded history struck in the Indian Ocean, killing more than 225,000 people and displacing another 1.7 million. Guernsey's Peter Roffey was on a Sri Lankan ...

The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family’s house on the Andaman Sea coast of ...

Officials said there are no tsunami threats to the state. However, residents who live near the area may feel aftershocks.

PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...