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  An 8.3 earthquake followed by a tsunami hitting the island resulted in over 3,000 deaths
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  9.0 earthquake led to a massive tsunami on the country's pacific seaboard. More than 2,300 dead.
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  Earthquake measuring 9.5 followed by a tsunami led to a 5,700 death pole
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  Slight tremor caused a tsunami to hit the island which left 5,000 people dead
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  Several tsunamis set off by a tremor, all of which struck the island. Resulted in 2,000 deaths
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  Two 7.0 quakes caused a tsunami to ravage the coastline of Papua. Death toll reached 8,000
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  7.6 tremor caused a devasting tsunami that took 17,000 lives
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  An earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale triggered the Boxing Day tsunami that struck 10 Asian and two African countries, killing almost 250,000 people
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  Two earthquakes measuring 8.1 and 8.0 occurred at almost the same time, causing tsunamis that devastated Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. Five-metre-high waves killed 192 people.
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  A series of tsunamis triggered by a massive 9-magnitude earthquake leaves hundreds dead