A survivor from tsunami Nuengduangjai Sritrakarn talks to the Associated Press reporters during an interview explain tsunami hit to Ban Nam khem, Takuapa district of Phang Nga province, southern Thailand, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Credit: AP/Sakchai Lalit

A Thai national was killed and three others were injured by the 7.3-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Island of Vanuatu on Tuesday, according to Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Nikorndej Balankura.

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, causing a massive wave that devastated Asian coastal communities across thousands of miles.

General His Serene Highness Prince Chalermsuk Yugala graces "Remembering the 20th Year of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in Thailand, Reflections for Advancing Disaster Management throug

The Boxing Day tsunami interrupted a civil war, triggered the worst rail accident in history and shattered the lives of millions. Twenty years on, those who escaped certain death share their stories.

Japan’s biggest earthquake hit the country on March 11, 2011. The underwater quake hit around 80 miles off the coast of Honshu, Japan’s biggest island. Hundreds of aftershocks followed in the ensuing weeks — many of which were magnitude 6.0 and stronger.

A minor earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale struck near Hsenwi township, northern Shan State, in the early hours of Monday (Dec 9), according to a statement from the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH).

The tsunami struck in the wake of a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off Sumatra island on Dec. 26, 2004. Its massive waves travelled thousands of miles, wreaking devastation and killing more than 230,000 people in 17 Asian and African countries, which were caught off guard.

General His Serene Highness Prince Chalermsuk Yugala Graces “Remembering the 20th Year of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in Thailand, Reflections for Advancing Disaster Management throug