England, Flanders, and Northern France experienced one of the most severe earthquakes in recorded history.
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An earthquake struck Valdivia, south-central Chile, which caused a tsunami that damaged Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Japan.
New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
The Central Italy earthquake occurred.
Antigua, Guatemala, was struck by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
A fatal earthquake killed 80,000 people near the city of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan.