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Can someone list the different tsunami incidents along with the year and places effected?

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like the tsunami of dec 24, 2004 that effected india, srilanka, thailand etc.

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  1. Below is a list of death tolls for various tsunamis. The incidents are ranked from the highest to the lowest estimate given. This list is, by necessity, somewhat biased toward the modern period, due to better reporting of events.

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    Death Toll*  Ã¢Â†Â“ Location  Ã¢Â†Â“ Year ↓

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    $ > 350,000 (sources vary)→ Indian Ocean → 2004

    $100,000 →Portugal, Morocco, Ireland and United Kingdom (Cornwall) → 1755

    $100,000 → Italy →1908

    $36,000→ Indonesia →1883

    $30,000 → Japan → 1707

    $27,000 →Japan → 1826

    $25,674 →Chile → 1868

    $22,070 →Japan→ 1896

    $15,030→ Japan → 1792

    $13,486 → Ryukyu Trench → 1771

    $5,233 →Japan →1703

    $5,000 →Japan →1605

    $5,000 →Philippines → 1976

    $4,000 →Indonesia →1952

    $ unknown → Amalfi, Italy → 1343

    $3,000 →Papua New Guinea →1998

    $3,008 → Japan →1933

    $2,300 →Russia → 1952

    $2,000 →Chile, United States (Hawaii), Philippines and Japan →1960

    $2,000 →United Kingdom → 1607

    $1,330 → Japan → 1946

    $1,223 →Japan →1944

    $549 →Indonesia →2006

    $202 Japan 1993

    $173 → United States (Alaska) and (Hawaii) →1946

    $131 →United States (Alaska) and (Hawaii) →1964

    $102 →Japan →1983

    $52 →Solomon Islands → 2007

    $46 →United States (Hawaii) → 1868

    28 →Canada (Newfoundland) → 1929

    $23 →France →1979

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    *A death toll is the number of dead as a result of war, violence, accident, natural disaster, extreme weather, or disease.


  2. Hundreds and possibly thousands of tsunamis occur every year - there is no definative list

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nat... has a list which would be of interset to you

    As this page too

    http://tsunami.name/

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