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Some of the Deadliest South and Central American Temblors
ple die in Costa Rica and Panama. The quake also cuts off 30,000 along the Costa Rica-Panama border from food, water, and medical supplies for days.
Magnitude 8.1; Central Mexico
Sept. 19, 1985: At least 9,500 are killed.
Magnitude 7.5; Guatemala
Feb. 4, 1976: More than 22,700 people die.
Magnitude 6.2; Nicaragua
Dec. 23, 1972: At least 6,000 are killed.
Magnitude 7.9; Peru
May 31, 1970: More than 60,000 are killed.
Magnitude 9.5; Chile
May 22, 1960: More than 5,700 people die.
Magnitude 8.3; Chile
Jan. 24, 1939: At least 28,000 are killed.