(Knowing when it's safe to return after a local quake is something still needing research, Bernard says, but as a benchmark, in the 2004 event tsunami waves pummeled the Sumatran coast for 12 ...

The giant waves that engulfed the impoverished ... There remains a widely held view among Aceh's deeply religious Muslim population that God sent the tsunami as a sign to end the conflict.

Aceh was the hardest hit by the Boxing Day tsunami which killed about 230,000 people in several Asian countries. Dina Astita, a teacher from the Aceh school, made a week-long visit to Hong Kong ...

The huge waves travelled around the Indian ... in the westernmost Indonesian province of Aceh alone, according to the Indonesian government. The tsunami also forced a reckoning about the ...

Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's western Aceh province on Sunday, but no large waves were triggered, ...

It hits Banda Aceh with the force of sixty hurricanes ... In the deep ocean, tsunami waves can reach speeds of up to 800 kilometres per hour. As the wave approaches shallower waters near to ...

A powerful wave had struck the coastline ... lost their lives in the deadliest tsunami in modern history. The highest death toll was recorded in Aceh province, Sumatra, with 163,795 fatalities ...