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 ...
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.
Twenty years after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that claimed over 230,000 lives across the Indian Ocean region, thousands gathered in the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to ...
A month after the disaster, residents are still struggling to recover as anger against Jakarta’s slow rescue response mounts.
MENTAWAI ISLANDS, Indonesia - The death toll from a tsunami and a volcanic eruption rose to more than 300 Wednesday as more victims of Indonesia's two disasters were found, and an official said a ...
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 ...
Australia's response to the Boxing Day tsunami helped boost relations with Indonesia, but high-profile arrests would soon ...
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 ...
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 in one of modern history’s worst ...
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 ...
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 ...