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563
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12.24.563
The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes. |
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1293
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5.26.1293
An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 30,000. |
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1531
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1556
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1.23.1556
The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
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1667
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4.6.1667
An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state.
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11.25.1667
A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
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1755
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11.1.1755
Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty thousand and ninety thousand people. |
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1759
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11.25.1759
An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000. |
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1763
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6.28.1763
A massive earthquake occurs on the same day in Komárom in Hungary, in Komárno in Slovakia and in Zsámbék in Hungary. |
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1812
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2.7.1812
The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
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1835
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1857
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3.21.1857
An earthquake in Tokyo, Japan kills over 100,000. |
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1861
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3.20.1861
An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
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1887
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2.23.1887
The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
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1907
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1915
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1.13.1915
An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800. |
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1929
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11.18.1929
1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula. |
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1932
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12.25.1932
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills
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1939
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12.27.1939
Erzincan, Turkey was hit by an earthquake. |
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1946
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1949
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8.5.1949
In Ecuador an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000. |
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1953
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3.18.1953
An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 250. |
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1960
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5.22.1960
An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. |
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1963
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1967
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7.29.1967
During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead. |
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1974
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1.5.1974
An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
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1976
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5.6.1976
An earthquake strikes Friuli, causing 989 deaths and the destruction of entire villages.
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11.8.1976
A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated. |
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1979
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4.15.1979
A disastrous earthquake (of M 7.1) occurs on Montenegro coast. |
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1986
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10.10.1986
An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people. |
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1988
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12.7.1988
Spitak Earthquake: In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless. |
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1989
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1990
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7.13.1990
An earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan results in the greatest number of fatalities in a mountaineering accident in High Asian mountains when an avalanche kills 43 climbers in Camp I on Pik Lenina (Lenin Peak).
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1992
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3.13.1992
An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey. |
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1994
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1.17.1994
1994 Northridge Earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Northridge, California.
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1995
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1.17.1995
The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people.
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5.28.1995
The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, half of the total population. |
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1998
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2.4.1998
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000. |
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