Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a ...

Survivors and relatives held commemorations on Thursday in several countries to mark two decades since a shock tsunami claimed lives from Myanmar to Somalia. The 9.1-magnitude event, known ...

ASEAN must respond collectively and proactively to weather the dual shocks of cheap Chinese goods flooding Southeast Asian ...

JAPAN issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the country on Monday. The quake was at a depth of 23 miles and mainly hit the southwestern Kyushu region, said the ...

Six years after the Boxing Day Tsunami—or the Asian Tsunami as the disaster came to be called—I was transferred to Indonesia. During my stint, I visited Aceh many times, feeling an affinity ...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 hit southwestern Japan on Monday, triggering public warnings to stay away from coastal areas because of a tsunami advisory, which was later ...

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. TOKYO and LONDON -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake ...

The South Asian tsunami in 2004 was an extreme natural event resulting in many thousands of fatalities. Several important lessons can be highlighted for future disasters (Box 1). Until now ...

NOTO, Ishikawa Prefecture--Tsunami from the earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula shocked many residents, including a 41-year-old man celebrating New Year's Day at his parent's home here with ...