Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh provinces have been embroiled in a dispute over the control of four islands, but a video ...

20 years have passed since the Aceh tsunami, which left deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those directly affected. ... Tectonic map, megathrust zones, and seismic gaps.

On 26 December 2004 at 07:59 local time, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest fault length of any recorded earthquake (1,500km long ...

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history's worst natural disasters.

The first giant waves from the Indian Ocean tsunami reached Banda Aceh, an Indonesian city with a population of 300,000 people, within 15 or 20 minutes of the earthquake.

Banda Aceh on 29 December 2004 after the tsunami, left, and last month after the city had been reconstructed (AFP/Getty) Your support helps us to tell the story Read more ...

Indonesia's Aceh province was near the epicenter of Sunday's earthquake and tsunami, which wiped entire villages off the map. As many as 80,000 people were killed there -- ports and roads were ...

ACEH: Former rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia’s army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a local politician after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two ...

Many tsunami monuments exist in Aceh, and some have even become tourist destinations. Tsunami monuments can be divided into two categories based on the construction.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Aceh is one of those destinations that glimmer chimerically on the horizon, alluring with its newness, but ever receding, ever retreating in memory with the passage of ...

20 years have passed since the Aceh tsunami, leaving deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those directly affected. Aceh was also recovering from a three-decade armed conflict between the Free ...

The 2004 Aceh Earthquake and Tsunami was one of the biggest natural disasters in history. This tragedy provided important lessons for improving disaster risk mitigation.