On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, the coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, was filled with thousands of people ...

Understanding of the Sumatran subduction zone and its hazards has increased since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra ... after a tsunami wave forms. Experts said the lack of a properly coordinated warning system in 2004 had made the ...

The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family’s house on the Andaman Sea coast of ...

The tsunami science world was small and mostly under the radar of mainstream media. There was plenty of interesting work ...

On 26 December 2004 at 07:59 local time, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra ... equivalent to 23,000 atomic bombs. The tsunami waves it triggered spread across ...

Earthquakes followed by tsunami waves have always been a challenge for coastal communities. Coming during the holidays just adds to the devastation. Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 ...

Earthquakes followed by tsunami waves have always been a challenge for coastal communities. Coming during the holidays just adds to the devastation. Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude ...

PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...

Officials said there are no tsunami threats to the state. However, residents who live near the area may feel aftershocks.