A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province in northern Sumatra on Friday evening, shaking buildings and triggering panic ...

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province, triggering panic among residents still traumatized by the 2004 tsunami.

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Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

Hoosier Jim Morris was serving as the head of the World Food Programme, which had been providing aid to the island of Sri ...

As aftershocks rumbled and tsunami warnings rang out, teachers hurried the children to higher ground behind the school. Murakami’s training in disaster response had taught him that after a major ...

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory has now been lifted after an earlier warning in the wake of a strong earthquake Monday off the coast of Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said. The U.S. Geological ...

TOKYO (Agencies): A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, prompting local authorities to issue a tsunami advisory. The Japan ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) initially warned of possible tsunami waves of up to one metre high and urged people to stay away from coastal waters. However, several smaller tsunamis of ...

Data provided by USGS showed the earthquake was just over 22 miles deep. Tsunami advisories for waves up to about 3.5 feet were issued for the southern prefectures of Miyazaki and Kochi ...