This video details the destruction and the loss of 18,000 lives in Japan on March 11, 2011, after a tsunami, triggered by an earthquake, hammered the coastline.

A deadly swell struck Peru’s northern coastline triggering tsunami-like waves that ravaged local communities and forcing 75 percent of hte nation’s ports to close, potentially devastating local economies.

The tsunami that rose from this great shifting of tectonic plates reached over 115 feet in some places and ultimately killed about 230,000 people in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives and East Africa. If there had been a natural hazards misery index, it would have registered off the scale.

Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to 100 feet high, killing an estimated 230,000 people. On March 11, 2011, a powerful tsunami traveling nearly 500 miles per hour with 10-meter-high waves swept over the east coast of Japan, killing more than 18,000 people.

On Dec. 26, 2004, a powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people across a dozen countries, reaching as ...

I don’t wish ever a disaster of this magnitude on anyone,” one woman said. But the 2004 Asian tsunami also made her realize "there’s more to this world, and it’s about love.”

Understanding of the Sumatran subduction zone and its hazards has increased since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

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

On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, the coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, was filled with thousands of people fishing, playing with friends and preparing resorts for guests.

PAHALA (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattled residents in the Pahala area late Sunday night. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, it happened around 11 p.m. on the southeastern flank of Mauna Loa. Officials said there are no tsunami ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Devotees walk past a huge statue of Jesus Christ at the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health shrine, where ...

Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose