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Preliminary evidence for a 1000-year-old tsunami in the South China Sea Liguang Sun1*#, Xin Zhou1#, Wen Huang1, Xiaodong Liu1, Hong Yan1, 2, Zhouqing Xie1, Zijun Wu1, 3, Sanping Zhao1, Da Shao1, Wenqing Yang1 Institute of Polar Environment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, 710075, China State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China *Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to L.S. (email: slg@ustc.edu.cn) # These authors contributed to the work equally and should be regarded as co-first authors. Supplementary Information Figure S1. Geochemical profiles of sediment core DY4 in the Cattle Pond (Grey shadow shows the AD 1024 event).  Figure S2 Changes in foraminifer abundances versus depth in the DY4 core. Red dots show foraminifer abundances in unit 3.  Figure S3. Pictures of tridacna and coral fossils. (a) Tridacna sp. fossil in the guano layer with the dorsal side facing upward. (b) A brown colored Tridacna sp. fossil. (c) A Tridacna sp. fossil with broken edge. (d) The coral fossil.  Figure S4. Map of 6o earthquakes around the South China Sea. Base map was drawn by ArcGIS software.  Figure S5. Submarine topography of the Xisha Islands (modified from ref. [S1]). Pink triangles are sampling sites. Yellow arrows show possible way of fossils transported by the tsunami. Table S1. AMS 14C dating results of the sediment cores DY2 and DY4 from the Cattle Pond on Dongdao Island Laboratory number Sample number Dated material Depth (cm) 14C Conventional age (a BP) Calibrated age (cal. A.D.) Intercept 2 sigma BA05842 DY4-21 Plant caryopsis 20-21 305±40 1636 1476-1661 BA05843 DY4-36 Plant caryopsis 35-36 765±35 1275 1215-1294 BA05844 DY4-45 Plant caryopsis 44-45 900±35 1160 1026-1220 BA051074 DY4-58(1) Plant caryopsis 57-58 1020±30 1018 980-1146 BA051075 DY4-58(2)