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1. Location : Southern Chile
Magnitude : 9.5
Date : 29 May 1960
Casualties : 32,290 dead
Cost of repair : $500 million

2. Location : Anchorage, Alaska
Magnitude : 9.2
Date : 28 Mar 1964
Casualties : 131 dead
Cost of repair : $500 million

3. Location : Tokyo, Japan
Magnitude : 8.3
Date : 1 Sep 1923
Casualties : over 140,000

4. Location : Mexico City, Mexico
Magnitude : 8.1
Date : 20 Sep 1985
Casualties : 40,000 dead
Cost of repair : $10 billion

5. Location : Izmit, Turkey
Magnitude : 7.8
Date : 17 Aug 1999
Casualties : 40,000 dead
Cost of repair : $10 billion

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