Tsunamis are a ‘magnanimous series of sea waves’ generated by undersea earthquakes, underwater landslides ... to tsunamis emanating from the two subduction zones: the Andaman-Nicobar-Sumatra Island ...

For example, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake is also known as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. So, there is an argument for naming the March 28 quake the “Mandalay quake” given the proximity of ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A tectonic earthquake impacted the Solok regency and city in West Sumatra this Tuesday evening, April 8, 2025. The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) ...

Although Vietnam is not located on major tectonic belts and is unlikely to experience devastating earthquakes, the country still faces the risk of significant seismic activity, pa ...

The earthquake which rocked Padang, western Sumatra in September last year killing more than 1000 people was not the 'great earthquake' which earth scientists are waiting for. In fact, it may have ...

The epicenter was in Mandalay, Myanmar, the country's second-largest city. A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake impacted much of Southeast Asia on Friday, with mounting casualties and leveled ...

India on Monday said that National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have begun rescuing around 170 monks stranded at the 'U Hla Thein' monastery in Myanmar after a devastating earthquake, under ...

The personnel have commenced site-reconnaissance for establishing a hospital in the earthquake-devastated ... Navy ships departed for Yangon from the Andaman and Nicobar Command, in addition ...

The death toll continues to rise after a deadly earthquake rattled most of Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, with certain areas sustaining the heaviest damages in each country. Along with flattened ...

Past events, such as the 9.1-magnitude Sumatra-Andaman earthquake in 2004 and the 6.8-magnitude Burma earthquake in 2011, demonstrated that tremors could still cause structural damage in Thailand.