The tsunami, which was triggered by a powerful 9.3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern Indonesia ... an island group between Phuket and the Straits of Malacca. On the morning of ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, one of the largest recorded earthquakes struck off the Indonesian ... the tsunami wreaked havoc in the Andaman Islands, hours before striking the mainland. In Phuket, Thailand ...

The tsunami was triggered by a powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on 26 December 2024, reaching as far as east Africa. Some 1.7 million people were displaced ...

Today marks two decades since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed around 230,000 ... areas in southern Thailand. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, thousands have gathered at the Baiturrahman ...

A woman who was able to survive the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand ... was on holiday in Phuket when a magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck under the sea in northern Indonesia. It claimed the lives ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster ...

On December 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake -- one of the strongest tremors ever recorded -- unleashed a devastating tsunami that ravaged coastal communities in Thailand, Indonesia ...

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 ...

Sumatra, Indonesia. "I saw this huge ... first journalists on the scene in Khao Lak just after the tsunami, having rushed there from Phuket. "It was dark on the way to Khao Lak.

western Indonesia, was the first coast met by the endless bombardment of waves. 320,000 people resided in Banda Aceh in late 2004 – within minutes 100,000 were killed by the tsunami. From a ...