The Vrancea earthquake claims over 1500 lives.
Most of the victims were residents of Romania’s capital Bucharest.
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A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii.
The Aleppo, Syria earthquake occurred and was one of the deadliest in history, killing around 230,000 Syrians.
The Mexico City earthquake claimed the lives of up to 45,000 people.
An earthquake destroyed the city of San Salvador.
New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.