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Word: sumatra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...ocean floor more than 1,100 ft. deep and 6½ miles wide; islands 50 miles away were showered with fiery boulders weighing as much as 70 Ibs. The explosion caused 130-ft. tidal waves that swept over hundreds of villages on nearby islands, including Java and Sumatra, and drowned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Since Vesuvius | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

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