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

At 7:59 a.m. (local time) on the day after Christmas in 2004, the third-largest earthquake ... “One of the hard-to-grasp ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will next week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, ...

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

Former rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a ...

It was the deadliest in Indonesia since a 2018 quake and tsunami in Sulawesi killing about 4,340 people. In 2004, an extremely powerful Indian Ocean quake set off a tsunami that killed more than ...

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. On ...

An aerial view shows an electric generator barge that was swept inland during the 2004 tsunami ... off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered huge waves that swept into coastal ...

The giant waves that engulfed the impoverished province on the northern tip of Sumatra island on December 26, 2004 ... "With the tsunami, we lost everything. Not only the Indonesian government ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will next week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ... coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered huge waves that swept ...