There were no direct effects Influence of the earthquake Catastrophe 's shaking Motion due to its low intensity , and the large loss Damaging of life from the event was due Causation to the resulting Causation tsunami Catastrophe , which inundated Destroying a portion of the Java coast that had been unaffected Causation by the earlier 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe that was off the coast of Sumatra .

The July 2006 earthquake Catastrophe was also centered Placing in the Indian Ocean , from the coast of Java , and had a duration of more than three minutes .

News of the outbreak of war took Conquering five months to reach the Indian Ocean but British forces , recently engaged Forming_relationships in the Third Anglo-Mysore War , were mobilised Becoming_a_member in preparation and immediately seized the ports of French India .

Russia sought a warm-water port on the Pacific Ocean for its navy and for maritime trade .

The Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean has had a fractious history since independence Change_of_leadership from France in 1975 , experiencing more than 20 coups or attempted coups .

In 1796 , a large squadron of French frigates arrived in Arriving the Indian Ocean under the command of Contre-amiral Pierre César Charles de Sercey .

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign , also known as Operation Forager , was an offensive launched GetReady by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Mariana Islands and Palau in the Pacific Ocean between June and November 1944 during the Pacific War .

The seventh tropical cyclone , sixth named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe , and third hurricane Catastrophe of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe season , Felix developed Coming_to_be from a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on August 8 .

Connie formed Creating on August 3 from a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic Ocean .

The sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean , four days into the ship 's maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City .

Pan Am Flight 7 was a westbound around-the-world flight originating Coming_to_be in San Francisco that crashed Catastrophe in the Pacific Ocean on November 8 , 1957 , while flying Motion to Honolulu , Hawaii .

The week-long search Scouring eventually became Becoming the largest search and rescue Rescuing operation in the Pacific Ocean at the time .

After emerging Coming_to_be into the Atlantic Ocean , the hurricane Catastrophe accelerated Motion northeastward , briefly peaking as a category 3 hurricane Catastrophe on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale near the Bahamas .

The first observed storm Catastrophe of the season , this cyclone developed Coming_to_be from a tropical wave over the deep tropics of the Atlantic Ocean on August 18 .

The tenth named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season , Wukong developed Coming_to_be out of a tropical depression over the open waters of the western Pacific Ocean .

The storm Catastrophe developed Coming_to_be in the eastern Atlantic Ocean out of a low-pressure area that gained Getting subtropical characteristics on October 4 .

The origins of Hurricane Tico were from a weak Cause_change_of_strength tropical disturbance that crossed Motion_directional Costa Rica into the Pacific Ocean on October 7 , 1983 .

It restrengthened in the Indian Ocean to typhoon status , but increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale wind shear and weakened Cause_change_of_strength steering currents caused Causation Linda to dissipate Removing on November 9 .

Under the influence of a mid-level ridge that extended Expansion from the Gulf of Mexico to the western Atlantic Ocean , Gustav picked up Choosing a westward motion .

Carrie intensified Cause_change_of_strength further , before reaching Arriving peak intensity on September 8 as a Category 4 hurricane Catastrophe with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph ( 220 km/h ) in the open Openness Atlantic Ocean .

Operation Grapple was the name of four series of British nuclear weapons tests Testing of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs Attack carried out Action in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati ( Christmas Island ) in the Pacific Ocean as part of the British hydrogen bomb programme .

After traveling Traveling across the Atlantic Ocean , the storm Catastrophe system hit Attack parts of Great Britain and Ireland and the Scandinavian peninsula , causing Causation even more widespread blackouts and a small number of deaths Death in the region .

`` the airstrike on Truk Island '' ) , 17–18 February 1944 , was a massive United States Navy air and surface attack Attack on Truk Lagoon conducted Action as part of the American offensive drive Self_motion against the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) through the Central Pacific Ocean during World War II .

The search Scrutiny for the missing airplane , which became Becoming the most costly in aviation history , focused Aiming initially on the South China and Andaman seas , before analysis of the aircraft 's automated communications with an Inmarsat satellite identified Check a possible crash site somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean .

Several pieces of marine debris confirmed Check to be from the aircraft washed ashore in the western Indian Ocean during 2015 and 2016 .

A second search Scrutiny launched in January 2018 by the private contractor Ocean Infinity also ended Process_end without success after six months .

The `` Maersk Alabama '' hijacking Kidnapping was a series of maritime events that began Process_start on 8 April 2009 with four pirates in the Indian Ocean seizing the cargo ship southeast of Eyl , Somalia .

The two forces clashed Hostile_encounter in the Atlantic Ocean , some west of the French island of Ushant on 1 June 1794 .

They then chased Self_motion her north into the Atlantic Ocean for two days until the frigates HMS `` Horatio '' and HMS `` Latona '' were able to bring Bringing her to action Response .

The British frigate was HMS `` Africaine '' , a new arrival Arriving to the Indian Ocean .

On October 31 , 1999 , the Boeing 767 operating Being_in_operation the route crashed Catastrophe into the Atlantic Ocean about south of Nantucket Island , Massachusetts , killing Killing all 217 passengers and crew on board .

The NTSB found Know that the probable cause Causation of the accident Catastrophe was the airplane 's departure Departing from normal cruise flight and subsequent impact Influence with the Atlantic Ocean as a result of the relief Cure first officer 's flight control Control inputs .

It originated Coming_to_be from an area of low pressure over the Indian Ocean on January 25 .

Once over the Atlantic Ocean on October 13 , the storm made history Creating when it was the first to be targeted Aiming for modification by government and private agencies ; dry ice was spread Dispersal by airplanes throughout the storm Catastrophe in an unsuccessful effort to weaken Cause_change_of_strength the hurricane , though changes Change in the track were initially blamed Judgment_communication upon the experiment Research .

The Invasion of Ceylon was a military campaign fought as a series of amphibious operations between the summer of 1795 and spring of 1796 between the garrison of the Batavian colonies on the Indian Ocean island of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) and a British invasion Attack force sent Sending from British India .

It was fought Hostile_encounter over a vast area that included Cause_to_be_included the Pacific Ocean theatre , the South West Pacific theatre , the South-East Asian theatre , the Second Sino-Japanese War , and the Soviet–Japanese War .

The cost Cost of the lost Earnings_and_losses beach near Ocean City , Maryland was estimated at over $ 10 million ( 1992 USD ) .

The sixth tropical cyclone Catastrophe and fourth cyclonic storm Catastrophe of the 2002 North Indian Ocean cyclone season , it developed Coming_to_be in the Bay of Bengal northeast of Sri Lanka on November 10 , as a tropical depression .

On August 10 , a tropical wave emerged Coming_to_be off the west coast of Africa over the Atlantic Ocean .

Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Hellen of March 2014 was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones Catastrophe in the Mozambique Channel on record , as well as the most intense of the 2013–14 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season .

The extratropical remnants progressed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale outwards into the Atlantic Ocean before entirely dissipating Change by August 14 .

The seventh named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe of the 1996–97 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season , Gretelle developed Coming_to_be within the intertropical convergence zone on January 19 , and gradually intensified Cause_change_of_strength while moving Motion southwestward .

Throughout its life , Allen moved Motion on a westerly to north-westerly course through the tropical Atlantic Ocean , Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico before making its final landfall near the United States–Mexico border .

The eighth named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe of the season , Hyacinthe formed Coming_to_be on January 15 , 1980 , to the northeast of Mauritius in the southern Indian Ocean .

Shortly after entering Arriving the Atlantic Ocean , it strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical storm Catastrophe later on June 18 .

The twelfth tropical cyclone and the eighth hurricane Catastrophe of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season , Alice developed Coming_to_be on December 30 , 1954 from a trough of low pressure in the central Atlantic Ocean in an area of unusually favorable conditions .

The final named Name_conferral storm of the 2002–03 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season , Manou formed Coming_to_be on May 2 to the southwest of Diego Garcia .

Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Kesiny was the first recorded tropical cyclone Catastrophe – the equivalent of a minimal hurricane Catastrophe – to make Creating landfall in the month of May 2002 in the south-west Indian Ocean .

The final named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe of the busy 2001–02 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season , Kesiny formed Coming_to_be on May 2 from a trough near the equator .

Its formation Coming_to_be was the result Causation of an increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in the Madden–Julian oscillation , which also contributed Causation to a twin storm Catastrophe in the north Indian Ocean that hit Attack Oman , and another set of storms Catastrophe in northeast and southeast Indian Ocean .