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April 1868
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes the Big Island, Hawaii, leaving 77 people dead, including 46 from a tsunami. -
August 1883
Following the eruption of a volcano on the island of Krakatoa, tsunamis reaching heights of 40 meters submerge islands, destroy hundreds of villages and kill more than 36,000 people. -
June 1896
An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale unleashed a tsunami causing a death toll of more than 27,000 on the Japanese island of Honshu. -
April 1946
An earthquake measured at a magnitude of 8.1 near Unimak Islands, Alaska, triggers a tsunami, killing 165 people, mostly in Hawaii. -
March 1964
A 9.2 magnitude earthquake in Prince William Sound, Alaska, kills 131 people, including 119 from a tsunami. -
August 1976
A magnitude of 8.0 earthquake hits near the islands of Mindanao and Sulu in the Philippines, generating a tsunami and leaving at least 5,000 dead. -
December 1992
An Indonesian tremor touched off several tsunamis, swamping the island of Flores with 2000 deaths. -
July 1998
Following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake off the country's east coast, villages on the north coast of Papua New Guinea were hit by 11 meter tidal waves that killed 2500 people. -
December 2003
An Indian Ocean tsunami, triggered by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake, kills 230,000 in a dozen countries. -
July 2006
A magnitude of 6.1 earthquake triggers a tsunami off Java island's southern coast, killing at least 600 people and displaces about 74,000. -
April 2007
At least 28 people in the Solomon Islands die in a tsunami and earthquake measured at a magnitude of 8.1. -
September 2007
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rattles Sumatra, triggering regional tsunami alerts and damaging scores of buildings. An earthquake measured at a magnitude of 8.4 near Sumatra triggers a wave in the coastal city of Padang. The tremor kills at least 25 people and injures around 50. -
March 2011
The world's seventh most powerful earthquake, an 8.9 magnitude in Japan, unleashes a devastating tsunami across northern parts of the country, sweeping away cars, homes and people.
