Southeast Asia marks 20th anniversary of deadly tsunami | DW News

Countries in Southeast Asia are marking 20 years since a massive tsunami swept ashore, killing approximately 228,000 people. A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's western coast in 2004, sending ocean waters surging toward more than a dozen countries. People in Indonesia's Aceh province have been holding memorial services.

00:00 Southeast Asia marks 20th anniversary of deadly tsunami
02:44 Rina Suryani Oktari, Researcher for disaster management
06:16 Laura Kong, Director International Tsunami Information Center
09:49 David Tappin, Tsunami expert

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[martytube]

The simple answer is yes and there's more people than ever living next to water!

[MAFS]

Condolences to all the victims of this horrible tragedy!

[amymonroe]

If plate tectonics are still moving, anything is possible.

[harisnandalubis]

My country and I am survivor of this big disaster 😢

[myndfk]

Northern California just had a tsunami alert. Cancelled after figuring out there was only sideways quaking vs. up and down on these faults. The result was lots of traffic and closed schools. Oh well, maybe next time. ;-)

[juamu]

ah yes our favorite falun gong reporter.