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A fire resulted from the earthquake. The death toll was so high because people did not know what to do
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The top of a volcano fell into the ocean. The magnitude was 10 and 36,000 people died.
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The tsunami was caused by a large section of sea floor uplifted along the fault where the earthquake occurred. The magnitude was 8.1 and 160 people died.
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This earthquake was classified as a mega thrust earthquake. The magnitude was 9.5 and over 160 people died
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It was triggered by under water landslides. The magnitude was 9,2 and 130 people died.
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The wave never reached over 10 meters. The magnitude was 7.8 and the death toll reached around 120 people.
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The tsunami lasted for 25 minutes and had 3 waves
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This tsunami was thought to have the energy of 23.000 Hiroshima type atomic bombs. The magnitude was 9.1 and the death toll was 230,000 people.
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This earthquake was the largest earthquake of 2009. It also destroyed a ton of buildings that are still not completely fixed yet. The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.1 and 200 people died.
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The epicenter of this earthquake was 200 miles away. Over 700 people died and the magnitude reached 8.8.
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This tsunami killed a record high of 20,000 people and reached a magnitude of 9.1. This tsunami also flooded 200 square miles of coastal land.
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In this earthquake/tsunami, over 65,000 houses were destroyed, even though the magnitude only got to 4.3. Around 1200 people died.
