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Hawaii has been hit by tsunamis in 1946, 1960, and took minor damage from the Japanese tsunami of 2011. California was also impacted in 2011. Chile was impacted by a tsunami in 1960 that also affected Hawaii, Alaska, and the Philippines.

On December 26, 2004 a tsunami impacted various coasts around the Indian ocean including Sumatra (Indonesia), India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Somalia.

In 1755 A tsunami devastate the coast of Portugal, destroying a significant portion of Lisbon.

In the 1600s B.C. the volcanic island of Thera, between Greece and Turkey, erupted, generating a tsunami, devastating the island of Crete.

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