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M6.9 - Eastern New Guinea Region, Papua New Guinea, 1993
Sixty people were killed and several injured in the Upper Markham Valley. Large landslides blocked the Ume River and contributed to many of the casualties.
M5.8 - Tajikistan, 1985
At least 29 people killed, 80 injured and about 8,000 homeless in the Kayrakkum-Gafurov area. About 90 percent of multi-story brick buildings destroyed (IX) at Kayrakkum and about 900 buildings destroyed (VIII) at Gafurov. Damage (VII) at Leninabad. Landslides reported in the area. Felt (VI) at Isfara and Proletarsk; (V) at Tashkent and in the Fergana Basin; (IV) at Samarkand and in the Dushanbe-Kulyab area and (III) at Khorog.
M8.5 - Kuril Islands, 1963
One of the largest Eearthquakes in the World.
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