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Where did this Earthquake Occur?

For each given name of a famous, high-magnitude earthquake, can you choose the modern-day country to which it occurred?

The closest starting epicenter point is used for earthquakes spanning across multiple countries
Sources: Wikipedia, Geohack, Estimates of April, 2021
Quiz by MarcusS
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Last updated: May 10, 2021
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First submittedMay 10, 2021
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1. 1960 Valdivia Earthquake (9.4–9.6)
Chile ✓
Peru ✓
Argentina ✓
Brazil ✓
2. 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake (9.1–9.3)
Indonesia ✓
India ✓
Papua New Guinea ✓
Malaysia ✓
3. 1952 Kamchatka Earthquakes (9.0)
Russia ✓
Kazakhstan ✓
Mongolia ✓
Afghanistan ✓
4. 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake (9.1)
South Korea ✓
China ✓
Japan ✓
Taiwan ✓
5. 1700 Cascadia Earthquake (8.7–9.2)
Cuba ✓
Mexico ✓
United States ✓
Canada ✓
6. 1762 Arakan Earthquake (8.8)
Thailand ✓
Vietnam ✓
Bangladesh ✓
Myanmar ✓
7. 1755 Lisbon Earthquake (8.5–9.0)
Portugal ✓
Spain ✓
United Kingdom ✓
Morocco ✓
8. 1668 Shandong Earthquake (8.5)
Philippines ✓
Singapore ✓
North Korea ✓
China ✓
9. 1999 İzmit Earthquake (7.6)
Croatia ✓
Romania ✓
Albania ✓
Turkey ✓
10. 2012 Emilia Earthquakes (6.1)
Austria ✓
Italy ✓
France ✓
Switzerland ✓
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