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

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 ...

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

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

An earthquake with a magnitude of 54 jolted 296 km WSW of Tual Indonesia at 214108 GMT on Tuesday the US Geological Survey USGS said The epi ...

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

According to KBRI Canberra, 48 Indonesians currently live and work in Vanuatu, most as ship crew members. All have been ...

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.

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 ...