The magnitude was initially recorded at 8.8, before the ... in place in the Indian Ocean. But now, 1,400 stations globally cut warning times to just minutes after a tsunami wave forms.

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed ... wait for it to happen before we respond.

The resulting tsunami struck nations in the Indian Ocean including Thailand and Sri ... with more than 160,000 people killed. Six years after the Boxing Day Tsunami—or the Asian Tsunami as ...

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 ...

A man caught up in a devastating tsunami 20 years ago has recalled the final moments before his older brother was swept away by the water. Luke Simon, from Somerset, was celebrating Christmas with his ...

Banda Aceh, Indonesia — 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 ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami ... where thousands died in a tsunami in 2018 unleashed by a quake of magnitude 7.5 after sirens did not go ...

The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms ... friends and strangers in the days after the disaster. "The first hints of ...

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami ... resilient than before the tsunami struck.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People started gathering in prayer on Thursday and visiting the mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami ... than ...