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OCR: 373 BC Helice, Greece Mentioned in Strabo's Geography AD 365 Eastern Mediterranean Tsunami after quake leveled the Pharos of Alexandria 476 Rome Destroyed city of Rome 526 Antioch (now Turkey) 250,000 deaths; Antioch destroyed Jan. 24, 1556 Northern China Worst death toll in history: 830,000 June 7, 1692 Jamaica Destroyed city of Port Royal Oct. 28, 1703 Tokyo, Japan 200,000 killed Nov. 1, 1755 Lisbon, Portugal 60,000 killed on All Saint's Day; greatly influence 1 8th- century European thought Feb. 5, 1783 Calabria, Italy 1 81 villages leveled; New Madrid, Missouri 30,000 killed Dec. 16, 1811 Unusually large intraplate earthquake Mar. 26, 1812 Venezuela Destroyed city of Caracas Aug. 23, 1868 Peru Tsunami reached points 4.5 km (3 mi) inland June 15, 1896 Honshu, Sanriku Coast, 27, 000 killed by submarine Japan tsunami whose epicenter 150 km (93 mi) off coast