11 Biggest Earthquakes around the World

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6. 115 Antioch earthquake

In 115 Roman Emperor Trajan was at war with Parthia. He was spending the winter in Antioch, preparing for the spring campaign when on December 13th magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit the area. Emperor barely escaped with his life, but 260,000 people, including one of the Roman consuls, weren’t so lucky.  Both Trajan and his successor Hadrian rebuilt Antioch after the earthquake.

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