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On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...
Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ceremonies on Thursday to ...
Thousands gathered in mourning on Thursday, Dec. 26, to mark two decades since the world’s largest tsunami. On Dec. 26, 2004, in one of the worst natural disasters of the modern era, a 9.1 ...
A woman enjoys the Lampuuk beach in Aceh Besar, Indonesia, on Dec. 24, 2024, ahead of the 20-year anniversary of the devastating tsunami that struck the city on December 26, 2004.
More than five years after the 1755 earthquake, on 31 March 1761, another event with an estimated magnitude of 8.5 shook the Iberian Peninsula. It generated a tsunami up to 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) at Lisbon. In Cornwall, the tsunami reached more than 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in height.
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) Hovercraft from USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) delivering supplies to the citizens of Meulaboh, Indonesia, after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake of a magnitude of 9.1 was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times.
Twenty years ago, the world was stunned by the Asian tsunami, whose towering waves killed an estimated 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and other countries the day after ...
Map showing the provinces of Thailand affected. Thailand was one of the 14 countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. It left behind unprecedented damage and destruction in six provinces of Thailand, impacting 407 villages, completely destroying 47 of them, including prominent tourist resorts like Khao Lak.