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The state's meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for southern Indonesia. CGTN's Chandni Vasandani brings you the latest situation and some background information on the epicenter.RELATED STORIES UNICEF concerned for children in earthquake-hit Myanmar Video 22:45, 29-Mar-202...
People visit the Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 12, 2024. Every year, Indonesia's Aceh administration holds a function commemorating the 2004 earthquake and tsunami. Indonesia experienced a devastating earthquake reaching 9.3 magnitude in Aceh Province in December 200...
As the world’s largest archipelagic country in Earth’s most active tectonic region, Indonesia faces a substantial earthquake and tsunami threat. Understanding this threat is a challenge because of the complex tectonic environment, the paucity of observed data and the limited historical record. Here ...
The 3-meter high (10 foot) tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake and smashed into two cities and several settlements at dusk on Friday. Palu, which has more than 380,000 people, was strewn with debris from collapsed buildings. A mosque heavily damaged by the quake was half ...
The height of the tsunami waves reached 51 m (167 ft). This was the 7th deadliest quake known in history and the most disastrous quake in Indonesia ever recorded. This was also the most damaging earthquake that occurred in this time: total economic losses were estimated to the equivalent of...
The city is built around a narrow bay that apparently magnified the force of the tsunami as the waves raced into the tight inlet. Palu ANTARA FOTO/Muhammad Adimaja/REUTERS A view of a destroyed bridge following an earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia September 30, 2018...
The Red Cross estimates that more than 1.6 million people have been affected by the earthquake and tsunami which it described as a tragedy that "could get much worse". Indonesia's Vice-President Jusuf Kalla said the final death toll could be in the thousands. ...
In December 2004, a massive earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island and triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 lives — 131,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province alone. Meanwhile, a moderate earthquake shook eastern Turkey on Sunday, causing damage to homes in at least ...
In pictures: Earthquake and tsunami strike Indonesia 1 of 37 In the chaos after the quake, more than 1,000 inmates from five prisons had fled, according to CNN Indonesia. Authorities have urged them to return within one week. Weekend’s horrors ...