On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, causing a massive wave that devastated ...

On December 26, 2004 ... a devastating tsunami that was observed worldwide and caused tremendous devastation and deaths throughout the Indian Ocean region, including in East Africa.

Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.

An aerial view shows an electric generator barge that was swept inland during the 2004 tsunami. Survivors and victims' relatives will next week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean ...

Known as the Indian Ocean Tsunami, the temblor’s sheer force caused a gigantic sea-level rise that rippled across the ...

As the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami approaches, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information ...

Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate ... There was no warning system in the Indian Ocean in 2004 but today a sophisticated network of monitoring stations has cut down warning times.

People play in the water at Ulee Lheue beach which was one of the areas hardest hit by Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, in Banda Aceh ... reaching as far as East Africa. But Indonesia’s Aceh ...

Beachside memorials and religious ceremonies will be held across Asia in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, which were the worst hit by one of the deadliest disasters in modern history.

before stopping at the nearby Tsunami Museum. Nearly 300 people were killed as far away as Somalia, as well as more than 100 in the Maldives and dozens in Malaysia and Myanmar. There was no warning ...