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As the world's largest ocean basin, most earthquakes and tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean and its marginal seas.

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Pacific Ocean

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As the world's largest ocean basin, most earthquakes and tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean and its marginal seas. Locally damaging tsunamis strike some part of it every one to two years on average. 76% of history's fatal tsunamis have occurred in the Pacific Ocean. Local and regional tsunamis, with their relative frequency and short impact time, account for 99% of tsunami casualties.

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Pacific Ocean

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