There was an earthquake off the coast of Northern Sumatra and the first bulletin was put out 15 minutes later, says Assistant Director of the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) based at Honolulu ...

Dec. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history ... Boeing 727 crash in the West African country of Benin. In 2004, an earthquake-triggered tsunami raced across the Indian Ocean with 40-foot-high waves ...

Chintamani, 48, lost both her children 20 years ago, when the tsunami struck her beachside home on Dec 26. She was 28 and had undergone ‘family planning’ at the time of the calamity.