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

Memory canonization is evident in the creation of disaster monuments and commemoration events, including in Aceh. Unfortunately, many survivors feel detached from the monuments because they do not evoke personal memories of the tsunami.

The tsunami on December 26, 2004, was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude quake off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province, sending waves as high as 57 feet slamming into coastlines of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and nine other countries. In Indonesia ...