The strongest earthquake in 40 years set off a string of killer Tsunami waves that utterly devastated the coastal areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia and other nearby islands, killing nearly 200,000 people
The strongest earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, occurred at 8:46 AM local time, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquakes struck while Indians were celebrating the country's 51st Republic Day, a public holiday commemorating the adoption of the constitution
time is what the city found on its hands, for the past week as it was brought to its knees by water that could find no outlet.