It has been 20 years since a tsunami devastated coastlines and killed an estimated 228,000 individuals in Indonesia, Thailand and different Indian Ocean nations.
It was triggered by a strong undersea earthquake.
Within the metropolis of Banda Aceh, a siren marked the precise time the undersea earthquake was felt within the province.
Folks attended an official memorial within the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque.
The ceremony is the primary in a sequence deliberate throughout Asia.
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen stories from Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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