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 ...

The powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, triggered a tsunami that killed ...

Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia, Masaki Yasushi, has expressed the hope that the Aceh government will strengthen disaster ...

Twenty years after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that claimed over 230,000 lives across the Indian Ocean region, ...

t has been 20 years, but Nurlina can still remember every second following the 10-minute earthquake that rocked Gampong ...

Building monuments is one way to preserve the memory of the disaster. However, many survivors feel less connected to the ...

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

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

Survivors and families of victims visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia ...