Latest Tsunamis News

After 20 years, the post-tsunami generation stays vigilant for future disasters

Dec. 24, 2024 21:00 PM EST

LHOKNGA, Indonesia (AP) — Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh's male-dominated coffee culture, she runs a café that serves as a welcoming space for everyone,...

20 years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, a boy found in the mud embraces being known as 'Baby 81'

Dec. 23, 2024 23:53 PM EST

KURUKKAL MADAM, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known as “Baby 81” is now a 20-year-old dreaming of higher education. Jayarasa...

AP PHOTOS: The scars of a 9.1 earthquake and tsunami continue to haunt Indians for decades

Dec. 22, 2024 22:27 PM EST

NAGAPATTINAM, India (AP) — He was a young boy playing cricket with friends on a beach around 9:30 in the morning when a 9.1 magnitude earthquake violently shook the earth, and a tsunami struck from Indonesia to India two decades ago. Life changed for Yusuf Ansari, now a 32-year-old...

Trauma lingers on for survivors of the deadly tsunami that hit Thailand 20 years ago

Dec. 22, 2024 21:18 PM EST

BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (AP) — The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family's house on the Andaman Sea coast of southern Thailand when her mom, sensing something wasn't right, woke her up saying they needed to leave right away. The day is...

The water was their livelihood. Now Thailand's sea nomads work to preserve a vanishing way of life

Dec. 21, 2024 21:47 PM EST

SURIN ISLANDS, Thailand (AP) — When Hook was a child, he started his days by jumping off the boat that his family lived on and into the ocean. By age 3, he could already swim and dive in shallow waters. His home was a kabang, a boat, that his family sailed in Thailand’s southern waters. The...

AP PHOTOS: Scenes of devastation from the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

Dec. 21, 2024 12:29 PM EST

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, causing a massive wave that devastated Asian coastal communities across thousands of miles. Some 230,000 people died as the tsunami leveled remote villages, ports and tourist resorts in Indonesia,...

Indonesians mark 2 decades since the tragic tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands

Dec. 20, 2024 22:49 PM EST

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves. Asnani, now a school teacher, was only 17 at the time. Her father, who was a...

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes Chile but there are no reports of damage

Dec. 13, 2024 20:01 PM EST

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook central Chile on Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami was ruled out. The United States Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 7:38 p.m. local time (23:38 GMT) at a depth of 110 kilometers....

What to know about Northern California's rare tsunami warning

Dec. 06, 2024 19:23 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California was under a rare and brief tsunami warning alert Thursday that tested local emergency notification systems after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook part of the state. The National Weather Service canceled its alert after roughly an hour and...

In California's 'earthquake country,' a 7.0 temblor prompts confusion and a tsunami warning

Dec. 06, 2024 18:40 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Valerie Starkey was driving through Northern California to visit relatives when she suddenly felt shaking and feared her car had broken down, only to realize later that it was an earthquake so powerful that it triggered a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of the U.S. West...