A 6.9 earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, killed 25,000-50,000 people and left up to 500,000 homeless.
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The Arica earthquake occurred in Peru and Ecuador.
Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Western Turkey, killing 1,070 people.
The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake occurred.
A 9.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in Alaska.
