NEW DELHI -- A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit India's southern Nicobar Islands on Sunday, triggering panic in the islands and prompting Thailand to issue a tsunami warning for the region ...

On December 26, 2004, a powerful undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered the deadliest tsunami in recorded history. Within hours, towering waves struck 14 countries, ...

Two decades ago, as thousands of vacationers scattered across the sunlit shores of Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka on Christmas getaways, a mighty force rattled the depths of the ocean floor just ...

December 26, 2024, marked the 20th anniversary of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It was also the day that former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who led India’s rapid, efficient and ...

Dec. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, American forces under Gen. George Washington, having crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night, defeated Hessian mercenary troops fighting for the ...

Twenty years have now passed since a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated communities in Southeast Asia, resulting in more than 220,000 confirmed deaths and millions displaced ...

Dr. Synolakis is a professor of engineering at the University of Southern California. On Dec. 26, 2004, one of the largest recorded earthquakes struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, heaving a ...

People gathered at mass graves in Indonesia, Thailand and other places along the Indian Ocean Luke Chinman is a writer at PEOPLE. He joined PEOPLE in 2024. His work has previously appeared in The ...

Dec. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, American forces under Gen. George Washington, having crossed the Delaware ...