Here are 5 some interesting facts about the Indian Ocean: 1. It covers 20% of the surface of the earth. So when you look at the map, its not just that looks huge, the Indian Ocean is huge.

Indian Ocean tsunami: Facts and figures. Friday 26 December 2014 at 6:00am. A man surveys the wreckage in Banda Aceh, the worst-hit by the disaster. Credit: Reuters.

Read CNN’s Tsunami of 2004 Fast Facts and learn more about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that followed the world’s third-largest earthquake on record. CNN values your feedback 1.

It has been 10 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake devastated parts of Indonesia Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. The disaster was the world's deadliest tsunami, with over 230,000 ...

Principal Economic Advisor Sanjeev Sanyal has adapted his book 'The Ocean of Churn' for young readers, in which he describes the history and geography of the majestic Indian Ocean and its ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami caused waves as high as 30 feet (9 meters) in some places, according to news reports. In other places witnesses described a rapid surging of the ocean.