11 Biggest Earthquakes around the World

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8. 1303 Hongdong earthquake

On September 25th,  1303, the second most deadly earthquake in Shanxi province of China hit Hongdong county. It is one of the least documented earthquakes of this magnitude in history, and apart from the death toll (around 200,000) we don’t know much about it.

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