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epa04533263 A composite picture made available on 18 December 2014 shows tsunami survivors walking trough damage at Panglima Polem Street near Peunayoung neighborhood on 26 December 2004 (top) and a view of the same area on 16 December 2014 (bottom), in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. December 2014 marks the tenth anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, or Boxing Day tsunami, which struck on 26 December 2004, triggered by a 9.2 earthquake in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The province of Aceh on Sumatra was the first hit, with waves killing tens of thousands. The confirmed death toll in Indonesia is over 130,000, but government estimates of the total number of dead, including missing, range up to 230,000. EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK