Remembering 20 years after the Asian tsunami: Ruin, recovery …
On December 26, 2004, a powerful 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, triggering a massive tsunami with waves reaching up to 30 meters high, devastating millions of lives ...
Indonesians mark 20 years since tragic tsunami | AP News
Dec 21, 2024 · BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves.. Asnani, now a school teacher, was only 17 at the time. Her father, who was a fisherman, never returned home from sea.
Looking back at the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years later
4 days ago · 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 ...
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 Mw struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 - Encyclopedia Britannica
6 days ago · On December 26, 2004, at 7:59 am local time, an undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Over the next seven hours, a tsunami—a series of immense ocean waves—triggered by the quake reached out across the Indian Ocean, devastating coastal areas as far away as East Africa.
Marking Twenty Years On From the Devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami
On December 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 240,000 people in 14 countries across two continents.
Twenty years after the world’s deadliest tsunami—what have we …
Photo: Aerial footage of Banda Aceh, Indonesia post-tsunami impacts. Credit: Pacific Disaster Center. Recalling the tragedy, Ray Shirkhodai, Executive Director of the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), headquartered on the island of Maui in Hawai’i, said, “I was literally on the plane to go for a family reunion on the Big Island, and when I ...
After the tsunami: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 20 years on - BBC
6 days ago · On 26 December 2004 at 07:59 local time, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest fault length of any recorded earthquake (1,500km long ...
Indian Ocean Tsunami Was the Deadliest in History. 20 Years Later ...
Dec 26, 2024 · The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, one of the deadliest events in recorded history, was an enigma to many survivors. ... when a 9.1-magnitude earthquake west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra set ...
Indian Ocean Tsunami Remembered — Scientists reflect on the 2004 …
The 2004 tsunami was the deadliest and one of the most destructive in recorded history. Tsunami runup heights of more than 30 meters were observed along the west coast of Sumatra. In Aceh and Sumatera Utara Provinces, Indonesia, at least 108,100 people were killed, 127,700 are missing and presumed dead and 426,800 were displaced by the ...