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The 1755 Lisbon, Portugal, earthquake produced a tsunami that, along with the earthquake and resulting fire, killed an estimated 20,000 people. Tsunami waves that crossed the Atlantic Ocean amplified to heights of 23 feet high.
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The 1883 violent explosion of Krakatoa volcano in the Sundra Strait between Java and Sumatra caused the top of the volcano to collapse into the ocean. This sudden collapse produced a giant tsunami more than 115 feet high that destroyed 165 villages and killed more than 36,000 people.
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Aleutians Alaska earthquake produced a tsunami in the Hawaiian Islands that killed about 160 people.
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The 1960 Chile earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people in Hawaii after traveling for 15 hours across the Pacific Ocean.
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The 1964 Alaska earthquake generated a deadly tsunami that killed about 130 people in Alaska and California.
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The 1993 earthquake in the Sea of Japan caused a tsunami that killed 120 people on Okushiri Island, Japan.
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The 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake triggered a submarine landslide that produced a tsunami that killed more than 2100 people.
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The 2004 Sumatra earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people
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The 2009 Samoa earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 200 people.
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The 2010 Chile earthquake generated a tsunami that killed about 700 people in coastal towns.
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The 2011 Japan earthquake generated a tsunami that killed over 20,000 people
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68,000 houses were damaged and over 6,000 people went missing either looking for their families or gone.