Some of the major
earthquakes this last century
that caused significant loss of life:
Mat
24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes,
in divers places.
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Sept 30, 1999; Mexico; magnitude 7.5; more than 10 killed.
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Sept. 21, 1999; Taiwan; magnitude 7.6; more than 2,100 killed.
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Aug. 17, 1999; Western Turkey; magnitude 7.4; more than 15,000
killed.
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Jan. 25, 1999; Western Colombia; magnitude 6; 1,171 killed.
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Feb. 4, 1998; Northeast Afghanistan; magnitude 6.1; 5,000 killed.
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May 10, 1997; Northern Iran; magnitude 7.1; 1,500 killed.
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Jan. 17, 1995; Kobe, Japan; magnitude 7.2; more than 6,000
killed.
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June 21, 1990; Northwest Iran; magnitude 7.3 to 7.7; 50,000
killed.
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Dec. 7, 1988; Northwest Armenia; magnitude 6.9; 25,000 killed.
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Sept. 19, 1985; Central Mexico; magnitude 8.1; more than 9,500
killed.
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Sept. 16, 1978; Northeast Iran; magnitude 7.7; 25,000 killed.
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July 28, 1976; Tangshan, China; magnitude 7.8 to 8.2; 240,000
killed.
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Feb. 4, 1976; Guatemala; magnitude 7.5; 22,778 killed.
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Dec. 26, 1939; Erzincan province, Turkey; magnitude 7.9; 33,000
killed.
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Jan. 24, 1939; Chillan, Chile; magnitude 8.3; 28,000 killed.
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Sept. 1, 1923; Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan; magnitude 8.3; 200,000
killed.
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Dec. 16, 1920; Gansu, China; magnitude 8.6; 100,000 killed.
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Aug. 16, 1906; Valparaiso, Chile; magnitude 8.6; 20,000 killed.
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