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M5.2 - Mount Sterling, Kentucky, 1980
The largest historical earthquake in Kentucky. Two people injured and considerable damage reported. Maximum intensity VII at Maysville, Kentucky. Felt in 15 states and in parts of southern Ontario, Canada.
M7.5 - Tianjin-Hebei Border Region, China, 1976
One of the world's most destructive earthquakes. Official casualty figure is 255,000 deaths. Estimated death toll as high as 655,000. 799,000 injured and extensive damage in the Tang-Shan area. Damage extended as far as Beijing. This is probably the greatest death toll from an earthquake in the last four centuries, and the second greatest in recorded history.
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