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The Lisbon Earthquake took place November 1, 1755. The magnitude went all the way up to 9.0 and the reacting tsunami was 23 ft or more in the West Indies. At least 20,000 people were killed.
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The explosions of Krakatoa Volcano into the ocean on August 27, 1883, a tsunami formed 15 ft and killed 36,000 people.
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The earthquake and tsunami killed 160 people with a magnitude of 8.1. The disaster took place on April 1, 1946
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May 22, 1960, am earthquake with a magnitude of of 9.5 triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people
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March 22, 1964 an earthquake of 9.2 triggered a tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California
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Earthquake magnitude of 7.8 triggered an tsunami on July 12, 1993 that killed 120 people.
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Earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 triggered a submarine landslide and killed 21,000 people on July 17, 1998
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Earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people on December 26, 2004. The day after Christmas. People did not know at the time that the tsunami they were watching come to shore was deadly, and it nearly destroyed the island within 3 minutes of the crash on the shore.
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In September 29, an earthquake in Samoa with a magnitude of 8.1 killed 200 people and triggered another tsunami.
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Earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 generated a tsunami that killed 700 people on February 27, 2010
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Earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 generated a tsunami that killed 20,000 people on March 11, 2011. It was the second earthquake and tsunami in Japan, but this one was much worse, it wiped out cities.
