Aceh earthquake: Spectre of Boxing Day tsunami haunts as 23,000 displaced

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated December 10 2016 - 11:08am, first published 9:35am
Donated noodles at the Taqwa mosque shelter in Pidie Jaya, Indonesia. Photo: Jewel Topsfield
Donated noodles at the Taqwa mosque shelter in Pidie Jaya, Indonesia. Photo: Jewel Topsfield
Wardiyah with her baby Ali Hafidul Ikram in the outside makeshift ward of Pidi Jaya hospital. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Wardiyah with her baby Ali Hafidul Ikram in the outside makeshift ward of Pidi Jaya hospital. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Mariana Yusuf, centre, is too afraid to return home with memories of the 2004 tsunami still fresh. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Mariana Yusuf, centre, is too afraid to return home with memories of the 2004 tsunami still fresh. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Mosques are among thousands of buildings destroyed by Wednesday's earthquake.  Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Mosques are among thousands of buildings destroyed by Wednesday's earthquake. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Mariana Yusuf, far right, at Taqwa mosque shelter preparing food with other volunteers. Photo: Jewel Topsfield
Mariana Yusuf, far right, at Taqwa mosque shelter preparing food with other volunteers. Photo: Jewel Topsfield
Dr Sri Wahyuzar treats patients outside a Pidi Jaya hospital in quake-devastated Pidie Jaya. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Dr Sri Wahyuzar treats patients outside a Pidi Jaya hospital in quake-devastated Pidie Jaya. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Wardiyah with her baby Ali Hafidul Ikram waiting for treatment outside Pidi Jaya hospital. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Wardiyah with her baby Ali Hafidul Ikram waiting for treatment outside Pidi Jaya hospital. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
A table and flag warn motorists of cracks in the road in Trienggadang, Aceh. Photo: Jewel Topsfield
A table and flag warn motorists of cracks in the road in Trienggadang, Aceh. Photo: Jewel Topsfield

Pidie Jaya, Indonesia: As the number of displaced people from Wednesday's earthquake ballooned to almost 23,000, the scarred communities of Aceh confronted an old fear: the spectre of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.