The worst earthquake affecting an inhabited area was in Assam, India on 12 June 1987. It is reckoned to have reached 8.7, killing about 1,500. The Colombia/Ecuador earthquake of 31 January 1906 was 8.9 on the Richter scale. Fortunately, it was 300 km off the coast, and so resulted in fewer than 1,000 deaths on land.
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