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Date Location Dead
1920, December 16 Kansu, China Over 180,000
1949 Khait, Tadzhikistan, USSR 12,000
1618, September 4 Chiavenna Valley, Italy 2,240
1966, January 11-13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 550
1806, September 2 Goldau Valley, Switzerland 500
1974, April 26 Huancavelica Province, Peru 200 to 300
1980, September 8 Darjeeling, India 250
1981, early October Sichuan Province, China Over 240
1923, September 1 Nebukawa, Japan 200
1971, March 18 Chungar, Peru 200

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Date Location Dead
1920, December 16 Kansu, China Over 180,000
1949 Khait, Tadzhikistan, USSR 12,000
1618, September 4 Chiavenna Valley, Italy 2,240
1966, January 11-13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 550
1806, September 2 Goldau Valley, Switzerland 500
1974, April 26 Huancavelica Province, Peru 200 to 300
1980, September 8 Darjeeling, India 250
1981, early October Sichuan Province, China Over 240
1923, September 1 Nebukawa, Japan 200
1971, March 18 Chungar, Peru 200

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