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tsunami A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explo ...

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1797 Sumatra earthquake The 1797 Sumatra earthquake occurred at 22:00 local time on February 10. It was the first in a series of great earthquakes that ruptured part of the Sumatran segment of the Sunda megathrust. It caused a damaging tsunami that was particularly seve ...

{{!{{sort, 1797-02-10, 10 February 1797 {{!Padang {{!Tsunami localized to Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia {{! {{!- {{!

1833 Sumatra earthquake The 1833 Sumatra earthquake occurred on November 25 at about 22:00 local time, with an estimated magnitude in the range of 8.8–9.2 . It caused a large tsunami that flooded the southwestern coast of the island. There are no reliable records of t ...

{{!{{sort, 1797-11-25, 25 November 1833 {{!Sumatra {{!Tsunami along the southwest coast of Sumatra {{! {{!- {{!

1861 Sumatra earthquake Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry. Events January–March * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam-p ...

{{!{{sort, 1797-02-16, 16 February 1861 {{!Sumatra {{!Tsunami along the northwest coast of Sumatra {{! {{!- {{!

1883 eruption of Krakatoa The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa ( id, Letusan Krakatau 1883) in the Sunda Strait occurred from 20 May until 21 October 1883, peaking in the late morning hours of 27 August when over 70% of the island of Krakatoa and its surrounding archipelago w ...

{{!{{sort, 1883-08-26, 26 August 1883 {{!Krakatoa {{!Collapse of Krakatoa caused tsunami sweeping over neighbouring islands and onto Sumatra and Java {{! {{!- {{!

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

{{!{{sort, 2004-12-26, 26 December 2004 {{!Aceh {{!Large earthquake near Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia causing a transoceanic tsunami {{!One of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history, with a death toll of over 200,000 {{!- {{!

2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami The 2010 Mentawai earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.8 on 25 October off the western coast of Sumatra at 21:42 local time (14:42 UTC). The earthquake occurred on the same fault that produced the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. It was ...

{{!{{sort, 2010-10-25, 25 October 2010 {{!Mentawai Islands {{!Tsunami swept the coastal areas of the Mentawai Islands, off the west coast of Sumatra {{! {{!- {{!

2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami On 28 September 2018, a shallow, large earthquake struck in the neck of the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia, with its epicentre located in the mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi. The magnitude 7.5 quake was located away from the prov ...

{{!{{sort, 2018-09-28, 28 September 2018 {{!Palu {{!Large earthquake near Donggala caused a tsunami that funneled into a bay rising high at Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia {{! {{!- {{!

2018 Sunda Strait tsunami The 2018 Sunda strait tsunami (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Tsunami Selat Sunda 2018'') occurred on 22 December 2018 at around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern side of Anak Krakatoa collapsed onto its caldera. The land ...

{{!{{sort, 2018-12-22, 22 December 2018 {{!Banten - Lampung {{!Eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait caused a tsunami and landslide {{! {{!}

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