A two-minute silence was observed across Sri Lanka today (December 26) from 9:25 a.m. to 9:27 a.m. to honor the memory of those who perished in the 2004 tsunami and other natural calamities, as ...

Jakarta, Dec 26 (EFE).- Indonesia on Thursday remembered its 167,000 victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at the Sumatran city of Banda Aceh’s Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, one of the only ...

Dec. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history ... at 135 after a Boeing 727 crash in the West African country of Benin. In 2004, an earthquake-triggered tsunami raced across the Indian Ocean with ...

Luke Simon, who survived the devastated 2004 Boxing Day tsunami which killed his brother, has shared the haunting two words ...

France24 (Video) Thailand mark 20 years since devastating tsunami Posted: December 26, 2024 | Last updated: December 26, 2024 A 9.1-magnitude earthquake on 26 December 2004 caused a tsunami which ...

When the tsunami inundated the coasts of more than a dozen Indian Ocean nations on Dec. 26, 2004, about 230,000 people lost their lives. Entire communities were erased. It was the deadliest ...

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia's western tip on December 26, 2004, generated a series of waves as high as 30 metres (98 feet) that pummelled the coastline of 14 countries from Indonesia ...

On December 26, 2004, a tsunami occurred due earthquake off the coast of Indonesia. Due to its impact, tsunamis destroyed the coastal areas of various countries. In Tamil Nadu, the eastern coastal ...

On December 26, 2004, the Indian Ocean experienced one of the deadliest tsunamis in recorded history. Triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, the tsunami ...

Rai Lay Beach, near Krabi in southern Thailand, following a 9.2-Richter submarine earthquake on December 26, 2004. At 7:58 am local time on December 26, 2004, an earthquake of moment magnitude M w ...

December 26, 2004 [AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe] The Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the greatest disasters of the past 100 years. The worst hit was Indonesia where more than 165,000 people died.