A 6.25 magnitude earthquake destroyed central Managua, Nicaragua, killing about 10,000 people.
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A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the entire Eastern Mediterranean.
Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.
The Armenian-Turkish land border opened for the first time in 35 years.
An earthquake destroyed the city of San Salvador.
An earthquake destroyed the town of Basel, Switzerland.
