Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern ...

A total of 226,408 people died as a result of the tsunami, according to a global disaster ... relatives of the dead huddled under tents to pray for their loved ones. Some repeated the widely ...

In Thailand, where half of the more than 5,000 dead were foreign tourists ... A total of 226,408 people died as a result of the tsunami, according to EM-DAT, a recognised global disaster database.

But the country is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea quake off northeastern Japan in March 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing.

But the country is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea quake off northeastern Japan in March 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing.

Tearful relatives of the dead laid flowers and wreaths ... A total of 226,408 people died as a result of the tsunami, according to EM-DAT, a recognised global disaster database.

In Thailand, where half of the more than 5,000 dead were foreign tourists ... A total of 226,408 people died as a result of the tsunami, according to EM-DAT, a recognised global disaster database.