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                   Earthquakes are something that most people fear. There are some places that have _ 36 0r no earthquakes. Most places in the world, however, have them regularly. Some places, like Iran and Guatemala have them frequently. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.

                   The earthquake that the people most talked about in the United States was the onehappening in San Francisco in 1906. Over 500 people died in it. The strongest one in NorthAmerica was in 1964.It happened in Alaska.

                 Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill 37 . In 1755, one of the strongestearthquakes ever _38 happened in Portugal. Around 20,000 people died.

                 In 1923,a very powerful earthquake 39 the Tokyo-Yokohama area of Japan. Ahundred and forty thousand people died. Most of them died in fires which 40 the

earthquake.

                 One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed 41 people. Themost destructive(破坏性的) earthquake ever reported was also in China. 400,000 people werekilled or 42 in this quqke, which happened in 1556.

                 Earthquakes are 43 which people fear. Floods and tidal waves also cause people to be_44 ,as 45 like typhoons and cyclones(飓风).Sometimes these things cause lots of deaths. In 1970, a cyclone and tidal wave killed over 200,000 in Pakistan.