Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world's most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake.

One of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami marks its 20th anniversary on Dec. 26 ...

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Earlier tsunami warnings following a huge 7.0 earthquake in California have been lifted. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people across a dozen ...

Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Twenty years later, working toward a world without ...

First responders said Thursday's earthquake and tsunami warning was a reminder to prepare for the next big quake. That ...

The quake's aftermath included famine, disease, and societal upheaval. (Representative Image) Imagine a day when a single natural disaster claims nearly one million lives-a true apocalypse.

A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by "screaming and shouting" – two decades on ...

past disasters fading from memory until the next big one hits. “It’s like a time-bomb,” says Jackson. The earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria in 2023 were even bigger than the Bam quake ...

NEW MADRID FAULT (MO-AR-KY-TN) — On this day in 1811, the natural disaster that became known as the New Madrid Earthquakes of ...