On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In the aftermath of the quake, a massive tsunami was triggered, sending waves ...
In 2005, the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) was ...
Part of the problem was that there was no tsunami warning center in the Indian Ocean. And the series follows a group of scientists who realize that there's been a massive earthquake, that there's ...
The death toll in Sri Lanka was 35,262 and 16,389 in India ... Such a tsunami warning system existed for the Pacific Ocean, but not for the Indian Ocean. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ...
Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...
Survivors and families of victims visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia ...
Within hours, the tsunami had claimed nearly 230,000 human lives and displaced millions of people in 12 countries. Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ...
He took part in an event organized to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean ... India’s commitment to safeguarding lives and livelihoods,” he said. India’s Tsunami Early ...
JAKARTA, Dec 26 — The world’s deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media ...
In the aftermath of the quake, a massive tsunami was triggered, sending waves reportedly reaching 100 feet to Indonesia, India ... s a lookback in photos of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake ...
The ocean floor opened at least 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) in length between the India ... the Indian Ocean. But now, 1,400 stations globally cut warning times to just minutes after a tsunami ...