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Date	Location	Dead
1556, January 23	Senshi Province, China	Over 830,000
1976, July 28	Tangshan, China	Over 242,000
1920, December 16	Kansu, China	Over 180,000
1923, September 1	Toyko-Yokihama, Japan	Over 140,000
1290, September 27	Gulf of Chihli, China	100,000
1693	Catania, Sicily and Naples, Italy	60,000 and 93,000, respectively
1667, November	Shemakha, Caucasia	80,000
1908, December	Messina, Italy	75,000 to 80,000
1932, December 26	Kansu, China	70,000
1970, May 31	Northern Peru	50,000 to 70,000

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