Those estimates were issued by the California Geological Survey and published in the city of Los Angeles' hazard mitigation plan. Damage estimate from distant-source tsunami: More than $1.4 billion.

The quake caused huge damage to several cities, but the ensuing tsunami wreaked even more havoc. Waves of up to 80ft high hit the Chilean coastline and the destruction left two million people ...

Twenty years after the catastrophic Boxing Day Tsunami killed some 230,000 people around the Indian Ocean, tsunamis have again been in the news recently in the wake of warnings in the Pacific ...

Picture: AFP Boxing Day tsunami Just before 8am on December 26, 2004, a massive 9.3 scale earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra in northern Indonesia.

The tsunami is estimated to have caused $250 million (£200m) in damage to the island’s tourism sector and ruined the livelihoods of around 27,000 people who relied on the industry at the time.

Two decades ago, most Geelong residents went about their business as they would any other Boxing Day. Spending time with loved ones, shopping, watching the cricket. Then harrowing news started ...

Boxing Day tsunami and the Geelong connections: Locals reflect on the devastating event Will Keech 6 min read · December 26, 2024 - 6:00AM Geelong Advertiser ...

Faisal Syafii's wife had just brought him coffee when the earth started shaking on Boxing Day 2004 - eventually triggering a tsunami that would kill more than 250,000 people across 14 countries ...

Over 250 tourists, locals and guides around Yala National Park lost their lives in the Boxing Day tsunami, including many local friends that Pusa considered family. Incredibly, authorities later ...