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World's deadliest earthquakes since 1900s

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-04-27 13:42

World's deadliest earthquakes since 1900s

A girl holds her little brother in front of a victims' camp in Balakot, northern Pakistan, Oct 21, 2005. [Photo/Xinhua]

October 8, 2005: An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude killed more than 75,000 people, the vast majority of them in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Some 3.5 million were displaced.

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