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2007 North Corean Floods vs 1939 Chillan earthquake

2007 North Corean Floods
1939 Chillan earthquake
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2007 North Corean Floods

Total costsN/A
Deaths 610
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1939 Chillan earthquake

Total costsN/A
Deaths 28000

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The 1939 Chillán earthquake occurred in south-central Chile on 24 January with a surface wave magnitude of 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). With a death toll of around 28,000, compared to the 2,231–6,000 (official estimates vary greatly) of the Great Chilean earthquake of 1960, it is the single deadliest earthquake in Chile.

Source: Wikipedia

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