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The tsunami occurred in 1755 in Lisbon, Portugal. The earthquake that caused it had a magnitude of 9.0. The death toll was about 20,000 people.
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The explosion of the Krakatoa volcano in 1883 caused the top of the volcano to fall into the ocean, which caused a tsunami. It killed about 36,000 people.
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The Aleutians earthquake in 1946 caused a tsunami in the Hawaiian islands that killed about 160 people. The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.1.
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The Chile earthquake in 1960 caused a tsunami in Hawaii that killed 61 people. The earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5.
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A 9.2 Alaska earthquake in 1964 caused a tsunami that killed people in Alaska and California. The death toll was about 130.
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In 1993, an earthquake with magnitude 7.8 caused a tsunami that killed 120 people in Okushiri, Japan.
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An earthquake with magnitude 7.1 I Papua New Guinea caused a tsunami that killed more than 2100.
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The tsunami occurred in Sumatra, Indonesia on December 26, 2004. The magnitude of the earthquake that caused it was 9.1. There was about 230,000 deaths.
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In 2009, An earthquake in Somoa with magnitude 8.1 caused a tsunami that killed about 200 people.
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In 2010, an earthquake in Chile caused a tsunami that killed about 700 people.
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In 2011, an earthquake in Japan that was magnitude 9.1 caused a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people.
