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   10 Deadliest earthquakes on record

Rank Name Date Location Fatalities Magnitude
1 "Shaanxi" January 23, 1556 Shaanxi, China 830,000 8.0
2 "Tangshan" July 27, 1976 Tangshan, China 255,000 7.5
3 "Indian Ocean"December26,2004 Sumatra, Indonesia 230,210 9.3
4 "Aleppo" October 11, 1138 Aleppo, Syria 230,000 8.5
5 "Damghan" December 22, 856 Damghan, Iran 200,000 ___
6 "Gansu" December 16, 1920 Gansu, China 200,000 - 240,000 7.8 or 8.5
7 "Ardabil" March 23, 893+ Ardabil, Iran 150,000 ___
8 "Great Kantō"September 1, 1923Kantō region, Japan 143,000 7.9
9 "Ashgabat" October 6, 1948 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 110,000 7.3
10 "Kashmir" October 8, 2005 India & N.W.F.P, Pakistan 100,000 7.6 or 7.8