The worst hit was Indonesia where more than 165,000 people died. Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra was closest to the epicentre of the huge 9.2 magnitude earthquake that triggered the tsunami.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed in Indonesia's northern Sumatra island after a massive undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami December 26, 2004. (Photo by Getty Images) In the years ...
Like most tsunamis, the Boxing Day Tsunami began with a massive earthquake. The earthquake in question registered a 9.2 on the Richter scale, and was centered just off the southwestern coast of ...
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A tsunami killed at least 222 people on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra and injured hundreds following an underwater landslide caused by a volcanic eruption ...