The ocean floor opened at least 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) in length between the India plate ... tsunami also forced a reckoning about the preparedness of coastal communities around the Indian ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The seabed being ripped open pushed waves at double the speed of a bullet train, crossing the Indian Ocean within hours without warning. A total of 226,408 people died as a result of the tsunami ...

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s worst natural disasters.

December 26 marked 20 years since a massive tsunami swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving death and destruction in its wake on a vast scale in country after country. Officially, an estimated ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...