On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest ...

Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life ...

Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...

Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has ...

Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her ...

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive ...

Memory canonization is evident in the creation of disaster monuments and commemoration events, including in Aceh.

Jakarta, Dec 26 (EFE).- Indonesia on Thursday remembered its 167,000 victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at the Sumatran ...

Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated Aceh proved to be a blessing in disguise by paving the way for the immediate resolution ...

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Aceh tsunami disaster, two universities hold the Aceh International Forum ...

The earthquake and tsunami claimed the lives of over 200,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century.

The tsunami waves it triggered spread across the ... particularly the capital Banda Aceh, where waves of up to 20-30m swept through the city, destroying more than 60% of its buildings and killing ...