Portal:Indonesia/POTW/51, 2010

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A village near the coast of Sumatra lies in ruin in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Earthquakes triggered by subduction of tectonic plates caused tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean. Indonesia was the hardest hit nation, with an estimated 220,000 deaths from the disaster.

Photo credit: Philip A. McDaniel, U.S. Navy