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-- JeffGBot ( talk) 07:11, 24 June 2011 (UTC) reply

Is there a reason the article does not state the fatality count? " Several" can be any number from 3 to 370 (or whatever is considered " not very many" in the context of earthquakes).  -- Lambiam 07:18, 1 April 2014 (UTC) reply