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where did the largest tsunami form?
chile
sumatra
alaska
japan
Brief Explanations
The largest tsunami (in terms of wave height) was generated by the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami in Alaska, caused by a landslide. However, if considering the 1960 Chilean tsunami (from the Valdivia earthquake), it was one of the most destructive. But based on the options, the 1958 Alaska tsunami had extreme local wave heights. Among the given choices, the largest tsunami (in terms of the 1958 event) formed in Alaska.
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