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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Recent deforestation for palm oil production within Aceh’s Leuser Ecosystem. Taken in May 2014 by Rhett A. Butler In the run-up to the tenth anniversary of the devastating 2004 tsunami, that ...

The provincial capital Banda Aceh was all but erased from the map. At Ulee Lheue, the tsunami’s “ground zero,” just one building remained standing: the century-old Baiturrahim Mosque; photos ...

Twenty years ago, a tsunami devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Margarettha Siregar, who helped respond to the disaster in Indonesia.

December 26, 2004 began much like any other Sunday. Dilla Damayanti was sitting in her parents’ living room having breakfast when the tremors hit: first an insistent shaking, then a pause, then a ...

How a 'forgotten' 600-year-old tsunami changed history. New evidence shows a disaster similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami battered the same region centuries ago and may have given rise to a ...

The earthquake hit approximately 23.3 miles northwest of Aceh, a province north on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The quake struck just before 9.40am GMT (4.40pm local time) at a depth of 33 ...

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.