The majority of deaths from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were in Indonesia. But the island of Simeulue was largely spared. Researchers say this was partly due to folklore passed down through the ...
Twenty years ago, 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. On March 11, 2011, a ...
Survivors and victims' relatives will next 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.
The tsunami was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra. Now a quake observer for Indonesia's geophysics agency, 28-year-old Hududillah is part of a team tasked with ...
Survivors and victims' relatives will next 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.
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 ...
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 ...
However, Daryono emphasized that the BMKG analysis indicated no tsunami threat to the Indonesian region. “The earthquake does not pose a tsunami threat to Indonesia,” he stated while urging coastal ...