Aceh bore the brunt of what was one of the largest-ever natural disasters, triggered by an earthquake so large that scientists said it caused the Earth to wobble on its axis by a few centimeters
ອາເຈ່ ບູລະນະສ້າງສາ ຄືນໃໝ່ ຫຼັງຈາກ ສຸນາມິ
![Homes have been rebuilt along the shore in Aceh, within the 300-meter exclusion zone in which it was recommended that no one reside again. (Steve Herman/VOA News)](https://gdb.voanews.com/d5c4af1d-c533-4c88-9565-fc168bab089f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Homes have been rebuilt along the shore in Aceh, within the 300-meter exclusion zone in which it was recommended that no one reside again. (Steve Herman/VOA News)
![A mass grave and tsunami memorial in Banda Aceh. About 35,000 bodies of the estimated 170,000 people killed on in the city were never located. (Steve Herman/VOA News)](https://gdb.voanews.com/62c8f75a-b60a-4a5a-8144-ff8a5cbedc67_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A mass grave and tsunami memorial in Banda Aceh. About 35,000 bodies of the estimated 170,000 people killed on in the city were never located. (Steve Herman/VOA News)
![Salmi Hardiyanti, now 24, points to the names of nine of her relatives who died in the tsunami. Their bodies have never been found. (Steve Herman/VOA News)](https://gdb.voanews.com/ab50c829-91ea-4629-b100-8c8a65050bd2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Salmi Hardiyanti, now 24, points to the names of nine of her relatives who died in the tsunami. Their bodies have never been found. (Steve Herman/VOA News)
![A fishing boat carried by the tsunami which came to rest atop a house. Fifty-six people took refuge in the boat from rising waters. (Steve Herman/VOA News)](https://gdb.voanews.com/3894d771-a3a8-41b3-959c-3d08899144a9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fishing boat carried by the tsunami which came to rest atop a house. Fifty-six people took refuge in the boat from rising waters. (Steve Herman/VOA News)