Pictures of victims of the 2004 tsunami victims are seen as Buddhist monks chant during a 10th anniversary ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave December 26, 2014. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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 fault line deep beneath the ocean on Dec. 26 a decade ago, it triggered a wave as high as 17.4 metres (57 feet) which crashed ashore in more than a dozen countries, wiping some communities off the map in seconds.
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