The Great Hanshin earthquake hits Kobe, Japan.
6,434 people lost their lives during the quake, according to estimates.
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The Mexico City earthquake claimed the lives of up to 45,000 people.
The capital city of the Roman Empire, Constantinople, was severely damaged by an earthquake.
The Great Kantō earthquake struck Japan.
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, wiped out a third of the city's population.
An Iran-Iraq earthquake killed 630 people and injured over 8,100.
