The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history, killing 230,000 people across a dozen countries. Indonesia's Aceh province bore the brunt of the tsunami, a ...

The worst affected area was Aceh in Indonesia, where local authorities have since made efforts to improve disaster ...

The Vanuatu government has declared a seven-day state of emergency following the earthquake, which has resulted in ...

He was a young boy playing cricket with friends on a beach around 9:30 in the morning when a 9.1 magnitude earthquake ...

Saudah believes Muhammad Siddiq, who was six when the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami struck on Dec. 26, 2004, is still ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 183 km SW of Tual, Indonesia at 19:26:14 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — 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.

The Boxing Day tsunami interrupted a civil war, triggered the worst rail accident in history and shattered the lives of ...

An earthquake of 56-magnitude struck off Indonesia eastern Maluku province on Monday according to the country meteorology and geophysics agency The ...

Japan’s biggest earthquake hit the country on March 11, 2011. The underwater quake hit around 80 miles off the coast of ...

Indonesia's Foreign Ministry confirmed that no Indonesians were among the victims of Tuesday's 7.3-magnitude earthquake in ...

But Indonesia’s Aceh province, located closest to the earthquake’s epicenter and with 18 of 23 districts and cities located in the coastal line in the Northern side of Sumatra, bore the brunt ...