Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

Understanding of the Sumatran subduction zone and its hazards has increased since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ...

I don’t wish ever a disaster of this magnitude on anyone,” one woman said. But the 2004 Asian tsunami also made her realize ...

Twenty years ago today, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake unleashed a tsunami across the Indian Ocean region. Towering waves, some ...

It has been 20 years since the deadliest tsunami ever recorded, one that devastated communities around the Indian ocean and killed more than 200,000 people. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer spoke with ...

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

Within hours, the tsunami had claimed nearly 230,000 human lives and displaced millions of people in 12 countries. Thursday ...

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

NBC Universal, Inc. People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook the seafloor off Indonesia, sending a 100-foot wall of water to ...