A 6.9 earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, killed 25,000-50,000 people and left up to 500,000 homeless.
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A massive earthquake strikes Chile.
The Kangra earthquake in India killed over 20,000 people.
Turkey and Syria were struck by a catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 59,259 people.
Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.
A fatal earthquake killed 80,000 people near the city of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan.
