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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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