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

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

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 ...

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

With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia’s Aceh ...

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

The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has spark outpourings of grief at home and accolades ...

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

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

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