A boy throws a rose into the sea near a monument for victims of the 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the tsunami, December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

An Acehnese man cries while praying for a tsunami victim at a mass graveyard in Banda Aceh December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Acehnese women attend a mass prayer for the 2004 tsunami victims at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, December 25, 2014. Thousands of Indonesians gathered on Thursday to pray at the mosque that was one of the few buildings left standing in Banda Aceh, the city flattened by the Boxing Day tsunami that killed at least 226,000 people 10 years ago. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A worker looks at names of the 2004 tsunami victims on a wall at the Aceh Tsunami Museum during preparations for a ceremony in Banda Aceh December 25, 2014. On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.15 quake off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province triggered an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed around 226,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A rose is lit by a candle as survivors, local residents and visitors gather for a ceremony for victims of the 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a fishing village destroyed by the wave December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: ANNIVERSARY DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Survivors, local residents and visitors release paper lanterns during a ceremony for victims of 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims gather along shorelines of the Indian Ocean on Friday for prayers and memorial services to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. In Thailand, where 5,395 people were killed, among them about 2,000 foreign tourists, commemoration ceremonies will be held in Ban Nam Khem. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Banlursak Watronnachai climbs a wave-shaped memorial to place flowers next to a plaque with the name of his wife, who was killed in the 2004 tsunami, in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave, December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims gather along shorelines of the Indian Ocean on Friday for prayers and memorial services to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. In Thailand, where 5,395 people were killed, among them about 2,000 foreign tourists, commemoration ceremonies will be held in Ban Nam Khem. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A woman looks at a tree decorated with flowers and pictures as people gather for a Swedish memorial service for victims of the 2004 tsunami at a beach in Khao Lak December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY) 

A couple comfort each other as they attend a Swedish memorial service for victims of the 2004 tsunami at a beach in Khao Lak December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY) 

People attend a Swedish memorial service for victims of the 2004 tsunami at a beach in Khao Lak December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY) 

Relatives of tsunami victims pray near a mass grave in Pereliya December 26, 2014. Ten years after a towering wave hurled the Sri Lankan train Samudra Devi, or "Ocean Queen", off its tracks and killed more than 1,000 people, it made a special journey on Friday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed an estimated 40,000 people in Sri Lanka when it pounded its sand-fringed coastline. The train, with relatives of victims and a handful of survivors on board, stopped at the same place in Pereliya, two hours from Colombo, where it was forced off the rail line that hugs the jungle-clad coast. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (SRI LANKA - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY TRANSPORT) 

Tourists look out from a window as they travel in the Sri Lankan train Samudra Devi in Pereliya December 26, 2014. Ten years after a towering wave hurled Samudra Devi, or "Ocean Queen", off its tracks and killed more than 1,000 people, it made a special journey on Friday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed an estimated 40,000 people in Sri Lanka when it pounded its sand-fringed coastline. The original locomotive and five of its carriages were restored in 2008 and the train headed south from Colombo on Friday at the exact same time as a decade ago, with relatives of victims and a handful of survivors on board. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (SRI LANKA - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY TRANSPORT TRAVEL) 

People light candles as survivors, local residents and visitors gather for a ceremony for victims of 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims gather along shorelines of the Indian Ocean on Friday for prayers and memorial services to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. In Thailand, where 5,395 people were killed, among them about 2,000 foreign tourists, commemoration ceremonies will be held in Ban Nam Khem. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENVIRONMENT) 

People light candles as survivors, local residents and visitors gather for a ceremony for victims of 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY) 

Pictures of the 2004 tsunami victims are seen during a 10th anniversary ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims gather along shorelines of the Indian Ocean on Friday for prayers and memorial services to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. In Thailand, where 5,395 people were killed, among them about 2,000 foreign tourists, commemoration ceremonies will be held in Ban Nam Khem. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY ENVIRONMENT RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A man looks at a tsunami-damaged bike found in the ruins of a house, now displayed at Aceh Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh December 26, 2014. 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. Hundreds gathered in Indonesia's Aceh province, many bursting into tears as poems and songs were heard and a montage was screened showing the devastation from a disaster that killed 126,741 people in Aceh alone. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ANNIVERSARY) 

Acehnese women read religious verses as they pray at a mass graveyard for tsunami victims in Banda Aceh December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY) 

People pay their respects to the victims of the 2004 tsunami at a wave shaped memorial in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims gather along shorelines of the Indian Ocean on Friday for prayers and memorial services to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. In Thailand, where 5,395 people were killed, among them about 2,000 foreign tourists, commemoration ceremonies will be held in Ban Nam Khem. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

A man climbs to put flowers on a wave-shaped tsunami monument for victims of the 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims gather along shorelines of the Indian Ocean on Friday for prayers and memorial services to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. In Thailand, where 5,395 people were killed, among them about 2,000 foreign tourists, commemoration ceremonies will be held in Ban Nam Khem. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

An Acehnese woman pours water over a stone marker at a mass graveyard for tsunami victims in Banda Aceh December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY) 

Acehnese women cry as they pray at a tsunami mass graveyard in Banda Aceh, December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ANNIVERSARY) 

Somjit Bhuddharaj, 58, gestures after placing flowers next to a plaque with the name of his family, who was killed in the 2004 tsunami, at a wave-shaped memorial in Ban Nam Khem, a southern fishing village destroyed by the wave, December 26, 2014. Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims gather along shorelines of the Indian Ocean on Friday for prayers and memorial services to mark the 10th anniversary of a disaster that still leaves an indelible mark on the region. In Thailand, where 5,395 people were killed, among them about 2,000 foreign tourists, commemoration ceremonies will be held in Ban Nam Khem. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha (THAILAND - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla delivers a speech during a ceremony to commemorate 10th anniversary of the 2004 tsunami in Banda Aceh December 26, 2014. 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. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY DISASTER POLITICS) 

TSUNAMI-ANNIVERSARY/HISTORY – Charts the historical wave heights of tsunamis since 1674. (SIN01)