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Data in Everyday Life:  Ten worst tsunamis charted

While fatality numbers for the recent earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian
Ocean are not firm at this point (but estimates are as much as 150,000), a CHARTrunner 1.8 comparison of data from other recorded tsunamis in recent centuries demonstrates visually and dramatically the extent of the destruction.

Data source: National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA