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A magnitude 9 earthquake produced a Tsunami and resulting fire that killed an estimated 20,000 people.
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The violent explosion of Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra Strait between between Java and Sumatra caused the top of the volcano to collapse in the ocean. Producing a tsunami more than 35m high high that destroyed 165 villages and killed more than 36,000 people
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In 1946 a magnitude 9.2 earthquake hit Alaska and generated a huge tsunami that killed 130 people in Alaska and California.
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The 1946 magnitude 8.1 earthquake produced a tsunami in the Hawaii islands that killed about 160 people.
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A magnitude 9.5 earthquake hit Chile in 1960 and triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after having traveled 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean
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The 1993 magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the sea of Japan caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan
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A 7.1 magnitude earthquake in 1998 triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2,100 people.
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The 2004 Sumatra earthquake with a magnitude 9.1 generated a tsunami that killed over 230,000 people.
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In 2009 the magnitude 8.1 Samoa Earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people.
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The 2010 magnitude 8.1 Chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people.
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The 2011 magnitude 9.1 Japan Earthquake generated a Tsunami that killed over 20,000 people.
