The highest number of deaths in that period was in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. It caused an estimated 227,000 fatalities in 14 countries, with Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and ...

If the largest of these were repeated today, it would generate tsunami capable of inundating Balikpapan Bay - an area close to the proposed capital. But the international team cautions against an ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck the Noto Peninsula on Japan’s northwest coast on Monday morning, triggering a ‘major’ tsunami warning for several coastal prefectures in the ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami which unexpectedly hit Asia on ... The 9.1 magnitude earthquake was one of the largest ever recorded, and ripped through an undersea fault in the Indian Ocean, propelling ...

Most of the monuments were concentrated in areas that suffered the worst damage and many marked the tsunami's highest water levels. Author Akira Yoshimura (1927-2006) based his work "Sanriku ...