Rabbi Heshy Kleinman in his book “Praying with meaning” reminds us why we should say in the Amida with full concentration : Atta gibor Le-olam—You are mighty…
An undersea earthquake [ together with the waves] caused an energy release with as much energy as one million atomic bombs! [quoting the Rabbi]
Geophysicists were forced to wonder if this was perhaps the work of G-d ,beyond the “power of nature”…
https://materchristi.libguides.com/natural_disasters/2004_Indian_Ocean_Tsunami
May we ALL pray-for sure in this month of Elul- to be spared from all disasters ,”nature” or diseases or malignant plannings of human beings.
We have nothing in our hands except for the free choice to do good and to believe/KNOW that the Almighty alone rules this world !