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Date: 2006Java tsunami  

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  • On July 17, 2006, a tsunami struck Java, killing over 500 people and displacing 50,000. The tsunami was caused by a submarine 7.7-magnitude earthquake, 152 miles south of the Java coast. [Source: Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief; Java Tsunami]

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  • Date: 2006

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-L601W7W3-4

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