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1. Shaanxi (Shensi), China - 1556 - 8 magnitude - over 830,000 deaths

2. Tangshan, China - 7.5 magnitude - 255,000 official deaths

3. Sumatra - 2004 - 9.1 magnitude - 227,898

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