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M6.8 - Molokai, Hawaii, 1871
This earthquake caused severe damage on the islands of Lanai, Molokai, and Maui, and minor damage on Hawaii and Oahu. It was felt throughout the islands.
M8.5 - Chile, 1835
Damage extreme. Tsunami.
From Catalog of Significant Earthquakes, 2000 B.C. - 1979, published by World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, Report SE-27, July 1981.
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