Richard de Gottal, from Worthing, said surviving the tsunami in Thailand had left him with an ... unwittingly missing the first of the two tsunamis which hit the island that morning.

A powerful earthquake near the Myanmar-Thailand border triggered terrifying scenes in Bangkok, where a rooftop pool overflowed, creating a dramatic waterfall effect. Shocked residents watched as water ...

Sadly, the 2004 tsunami showed up this lack all too well in the Indian Ocean. In Thailand, for example, seismologists knew early on how big the quake was and that it probably spawned a big tsunami.

A7.7 magnitude earthquake has shaken Myanmar and has been strongly felt in other countries such as Thailand and China ... is there a real risk of a tsunami in Myanmar after what happened?