Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.
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The Armenian-Turkish land border opened for the first time in 35 years.
The Great Hanshin earthquake hits Kobe, Japan.
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Peru, killing as many as 70,000 people.
A devastating earthquake in San Francisco destroyed over 80% of the city.
A fatal earthquake killed 80,000 people near the city of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan.
