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 waves ...

STORY: Siddiq would have been 26 years-old. But 20 years ago, he and his mother, Saudah were swept inland by a vicious tsunami, which separated them. She lost Siddiq. “This is the mosque where I was ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — At least 113 people were killed after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake slammed into villages on Indonesia’s Mentawai islands, officials and aid workers said Tuesday.

That’s how Vasily Titov, a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Center for Tsunami Research described the aftermath of the largest tsunami on record, triggered by a 9.1 ...

On December 26, 2004, a catastrophic 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a tsunami, resulting in the deaths of millions across multiple countries, reaching as far as East Africa ...

LHOKNGA, Indonesia (AP) — Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh’s ...

Thanks to the GITEWS early warning system developed under the leadership of the GFZ from 2005 to 2008, it is now not only the Indian Ocean that is better prepared for such natural hazards. The ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries. A 9 ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - An Indonesian woman whose husband lost his three daughters in the 2004 tsunami has given birth to three healthy baby girls, hospital staff said on Friday. Darmi, the ...

The Howard government’s $1bn reconstruction package offered to Indonesia in the wake of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami was ...