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 ...

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people across 12 countries. Ali Rogin ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake, off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people across a dozen countries ...

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered huge waves ... Here is a look back at the impact of the deadliest tsunami in history.

On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off northern Sumatra island triggered a tsunami with waves as high as 17.4 meters that swept over vulnerable coastal areas of ...

This year marks two decades since the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, one of the deadliest and most catastrophic natural disasters in history, which affected over 10 nations bordering the Indian Ocean. On ...

A powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered the tsunami that killed about 230,000 people across a dozen countries, reaching as far as East Africa.

26, 2004, one of the largest recorded earthquakes struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, heaving a piece ... Some 6,000 aftershocks followed. The tsunami that rose from this great shifting ...

Show more In 2004 a massive earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami. The Indonesian city of Banda Aceh, on the island of Sumatra, was closest to the epicentre, and was devastated by ...

TWENTY years after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami which struck south-east Asia, thousands of people gathered on beaches and at sites of mass graves to hold vigils. A powerful 9.1-magnitude ...

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) noted that this heightened rainfall potential stems from various factors.