Places & monuments
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Record · Twentieth century · East Asia
An earthquake under northern Awaji Island at 5:46 a.m. on January 17, 1995, was rated M7.2, then M7.3 in 2001. Japan's final count is 6,434 dead.
· 1995
Record · Twentieth century · Oceania
On December 11, 2019, Bougainville counted 176,928 votes for independence against 3,043 for autonomy, pending ratification by Papua New Guinea.
· 2019