The Indonesian government plans to strengthen domestic housing construction standards to mitigate the impact of potential ...

A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck El Salvador on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) confirmed. The quake occurred at a depth of 87 kilometers (54 miles). X user ...

Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.

The tsunami that rose from this great shifting of tectonic plates reached over 115 feet in some places and ultimately killed ...

The earthquake and tsunami in 2004 took the lives of almost 230,000 people across 14 countries in south and southeast Asia. It is one of the deadliest natural disasters in history and the ...

Recommended Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years since devastating Boxing Day tsunami The deadly tsunami hit Thailand 20 years ago – trauma will never go away Sri Lanka rescues 102 ‘Rohingya ...

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake on 26 December 2004 caused a tsunami which hit a dozen countries and killed some 220,000 people. Our colleagues at France 2 take a look back at the unpreceden ...

The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra ... Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. More than 170,000 people died in Indonesia alone. Even though 20 years have ...

The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian ... Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. More than 170,000 people died in Indonesia alone. Even though 20 years have passed, survivors in ...

The 2004 earthquake ripped through 1,300 km of the ... Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. It caused severe damage and killed hundreds in Northern Sumatra and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore the brunt of the devastating wave in the country. The tsunami claimed the ...