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Date Location Dead
1883, August 27 Krakatoa, Indonesia 36,000
1707 Japan Up to 30,000
1896, June 15 Sanriku, Japan 27,000
1755, November 1 Lisbon, Portugal 10,000
1933, March Sanriku, Japan 3,000
1960, May 22 Hilo, Hawaii, and Pacific Islands Over 450
1979, December 12 San Juan, Colombia Over 250
1946, April 1 Hawaii 173

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