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Definatly the Sri Lanka tsunami of December 6th, 2004. Around 300,000 or more lives were lost that day. The wave ws caused by a 9.3 earthquake out at sea. The quakes original destruction number on the Richter scale was 9.0, however scientist have now concluded it is 9.3. Waves reached heights of over 90 feet, dstroying practically everything in there paths. Mant other places were hit by this disaster, but I would say sri lanka was hit the hardest. I believe there was three waves, each one only twenty minutes apart. while hundreds of thousands were dead, millions were left homeless. This was not the tallest tsunami in history, however it was definatly the most destructive, and deadly. The tallest recorded tsunami was in Lituya Bay Slaska with a stunning height of 1742 feet. This megatsunami was caused by an underwater landslide.

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