Indonesia Quake Sparks Fatal Tidal Waves
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Kusol Wetchakul offers prayers for the soul of his sister Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at dawn along the beach near Khao Lak, Thailand.
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By ZAKKI HAKIM PADANG, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake crumpled houses across a large swath of western Indonesia on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people and injuring hundreds, authorities said, predicting that the toll would rise.
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The death toll rose above 14,000 after an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the world&#39;s biggest in four decades, caused tsunami waves that devastated coastal towns from Thailand to 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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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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BALI, Indonesia  - A powerful earthquake rocked  Indonesia's premier tourist island of Bali Wednesday, killing  one person, injuring at least two and triggering some panic,  officials said.
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Jakarta - The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend passed 60 000 on Wednesday, amid warnings the true toll could be far higher.
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The world&#39;s largest earthquake for 40 years has swept a tidal wave across the Indian Ocean killings thousands in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and the Maldives.
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Up to 130 people have so far been confirmed dead in east Africa as a result of the earthquake 4,350 miles away off Indonesia. Tidal waves that hit the Somali coast caused widespread destruction, washing away roads and submerging coastal infrastructure.
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As many as 10,226 people were killed and thousands more were missing after the most powerful earthquake for 40 years triggered giant tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas across Asia.
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JAKARTA - Indonesiaâs president has declared a massive earthquake which triggered tidal waves and left more than 1,840 dead on Sumatra island on Sunday a ânational disasterâ, state media said.
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Nine people died and "hundreds" were injured in a powerful earthquake which struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean, an Indonesian government official said.
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HONG KONG  - At least 419 people have been killed and hundreds more are injured or missing as tsunami tidal waves unleashed by a massive earthquake off Indonesia hit the region.
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ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY A father of a victim of Sunday&#39;s quake-triggered tidal wave cries before a mass burial in Tamil Tiger rebel-held Mullativu, eastern Sri Lanka, December 28, 2004.
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COLOMBO  - Over 8,300 people were killed and thousands more were missing after the most powerful earthquake for 40 years triggered giant tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas across Asia.
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JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- The world&#39;s most-powerful earthquake in 40 years struck deep under the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra yesterday, triggering tidal waves up to six metres high that obliterated villages and seaside resorts in seven
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The 8.9-magnitude quake was centered off Sumatra, Indonesia. The death toll, now put at 7,000, was expected to rise dramatically.