Indonesia Quake Sparks Fatal Tidal Waves
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A Thai woman goes through salvaged items outside her house in Khao Lak, Thailand December 29, 2004. The tsunami which ripped apart tourist-packed Khao Lak beach in south Thailand may have killed 3,000 people there, local police said on Wednesday.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An extremely powerful earthquake rocked northern Indonesia today, sparking massive tidal waves and potent aftershocks across the region, killing 160 in Sri Lanka. More than a dozen people were reported killed elsewhere and scores of others were reported missing, officials and witnesses said.
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At least 15 Britons died when Asian countries were hit by tidal waves triggered by a massive earthquake off the Indonesian coast, British consular officials and the Foreign Office in London said.
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A powerful earthquake shook Indonesia on Wednesday, killing seven people, injuring 100 and triggering a small tsunami that hit one city on the island of Sumatra, authorities said. Tsunami warnings were issued for much of the Indian Ocean region.
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One of the world&#39;s most powerful earthquakes in years rocked northern Indonesia on Sunday and launched tidal waves that slammed shorelines across Asia, killing some 300 in Sri Lanka and almost 100 in Indonesia, officials said.
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A powerful earthquake measuring 8.2 struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean and sparking panic in coastal areas across Southeast Asia and at least one death.
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Jakarta, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) Giant waves provoked by an earthquake located in front of the coast of Sumatra devastated the Indonesian coastline right up to India, causing the death of thousands of people Sunday.
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A strong earthquake has struck Indonesia, killing nine people on Sumatra island and triggering deadly tsunami waves. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 8.5 on the Richter scale, and
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A gargantuan earthquake centered off the west coast of Indonesia unleashed a series of tidal waves Sunday morning that crashed into coastal towns, fishing villages and tourist resorts from India and Sri Lanka to Thailand and Malaysia, killing at least 3,000 people and leaving many more missing.
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About 3,000 people were killed, over 2,000 in Sri Lanka alone, and many more reported missing as a massive earthquake hit Sumatra island of Indonesia triggering huge tidal waves in coastal parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand.
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HONG KONG  - At least 1,000 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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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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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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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- At least 160 people were killed in northeastern Sri Lanka when tsunami tidal waves caused
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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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A severe earthquake shook Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, destroying buildings and killing at least two people in a toll experts said was sure to rise.
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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.