COLOMBO: With a two-minutes silence observed nationally, Sri Lanka on Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the South Asian Tsunami that had killed over 30,000 in the island nation.
Sri Lanka marks December 26 as the 'National Safety Day' and the main memorial ceremony was held at Peraliye, about 90 km from Colombo in the southern province, where over 3,000 people died in the world's worst train tragedy caused due to Tsunami.
The 9.1 magnitude earthquake induced Tsunami was first felt in the island's eastern coast before moving south resulting in devastation beyond belief.
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