Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the ...

Some 1.7 million people were displaced, mostly in the four worst-affected countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and ...

Twenty years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami left over 220,000 people dead, residents of Aceh, Indonesia, ...

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

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

In Aceh, Indonesia, thousands gathered to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami which took 230,000 lives across multiple countries. Survivors prayed at mass graves, recalling ...

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