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M7.7 - El Salvador, 2001
At least 844 people killed, 4,723 injured, 108,226 houses destroyed and more than 150,000 buildings damaged in El Salvador. About 585 of the deaths were caused by large landslides in Nueva San Salvador and Comasagua. Utilities and roads damaged by more than 16,000 landslides. Damage and injuries occurred in every department of El Salvador. Eight people killed in Guatemala. Felt from Mexico City to Colombia.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 2001M6.5 - Iceland, 1976
The earthquake left at least 150 persons homeless and caused some minor injuries, but no one was reported killed. The isolated north coast around Kópasker suffered the worst effects of the quake.
M7 - Central Italy, 1915
32,610 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes. Severe damage in the Avezzano-Pescina area. An estimated 3,000 more people died in the next few months from indirect effects of the earthquake. Felt throughout Central Italy from Veneto to Basilicata.
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