Quake, tsunami devastate Asia, over 7 800 dead
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One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit southern Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami on Sri Lanka and India and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives to kill more than 7 800 people.
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More than 12,300 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless after a powerful undersea earthquake unleashed giant tsunami waves that crashed into the coasts of south and southeast Asia.
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A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people, flattening buildings and sparking panic in the streets of Malaysia and Singapore.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - One of the most powerful  earthquakes in history hit southern Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami on Sri Lanka and India and swamping tourist isles in  Thailand and the Maldives to kill more than 6,600 people.
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The world's fifth-largest quake in a  century hit southern Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami that  crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning thousands and  swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives.
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The toll in Sunday&#39;s earthquake-induced tsunamis continued to mount on Tuesday with latest figures indicating nearly 7,400 deaths in India and over 20,000 in six countries across South and South East Asia.
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A massive earthquake off northern Indonesia unleashed giant tidal waves and flash floods across western Asia, leaving at least 196 people dead and hundreds more missing.
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More than 10,000 people die across Asia in massive waves triggered by the largest earthquake in 40 years.
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The world&#39;s biggest earthquake in 40 years hit south Asia Sunday, unleashing a tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India and swamped tourist isles in Thailand
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Description: One of the largest earthquakes in recent memory hit Southeast Asia Sunday morning, setting off tsunamis that killed thousands.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - One of the most powerful  earthquakes in history hit Asia Sunday, unleashing a tsunami  which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia  and tourist isles in Thailand, killing nearly 9,500 people.
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Asia News, BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Indonesia&#39;s death toll from the weekend&#39;s earthquake and tsunami soared past 32,500 on Wednesday as rescuers worked to make contact with devastated cities and towns in the hardest hit areas.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's biggest  earthquake in 40 years hit south Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India and swamped  tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives, killing more than  6,300 people.
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GALLE: Stricken countries on the Indian Ocean worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as the the tsunami toll across asia reached 68,000 with more than 12,000 dead in India.
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A huge earthquake rocked Southeast Asia  on Sunday, setting off tsunami tidal waves that killed more  than 150 people in Sri Lanka, sent residents rushing to high  ground in Indonesia and washed into the Indian city of Chennai  and the Thai tourist island of Phuket.
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More than 8,000 people were reported dead across southern Asia and Africa after massive tsunami waves smashed coastlines following a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off the Indonesian coast Sunday morning.
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Soldiers searched for bodies in  treetops, families wept over the dead lined up on beaches and  rescuers scoured coral isles for missing tourists as Asia  counted the cost on Monday of a tsunami that killed at least  12,600.