By Gayatri Suroyo BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean shorelines on Friday for memorials to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. When a 9.15-magnitude quake opened a faultline deep beneath the ocean on Dec. 26 a decade ago, it triggered a wave as high as 17.4 meters (57 feet) which crashed ashore in more than a dozen countries, wiping some communities off the map in seconds. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/asia-remembers-devastating-2004-tsunami-tears-prayers-060111851.html

This entry was posted on Friday, December 26th, 2014 at 1:01 am and is filed under World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.