Between 20,000 and 40,000 people died in a magnitude eight earthquake in Erzincan, Turkey.
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The most violent earthquake in recorded history hits Chile.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Western Turkey, killing 1,070 people.
New York and New Jersey were struck by the strongest earthquake in over one hundred years.
The Arica earthquake occurred in Peru and Ecuador.
An Iran-Iraq earthquake killed 630 people and injured over 8,100.
