Where did this Earthquake Occur?

For each given name of a famous, high-magnitude earthquake, can you choose the modern-day country to which it occurred?

The closest starting epicenter point is used for earthquakes spanning across multiple countries
Sources: Wikipedia, Geohack, Estimates of April, 2021
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1. 1960 Valdivia Earthquake (9.4–9.6)
Peru
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
2. 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake (9.1–9.3)
Papua New Guinea
India
Malaysia
Indonesia
3. 1952 Kamchatka Earthquakes (9.0)
Russia
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Afghanistan
4. 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake (9.1)
Taiwan
China
South Korea
Japan
5. 1700 Cascadia Earthquake (8.7–9.2)
United States
Cuba
Mexico
Canada
6. 1762 Arakan Earthquake (8.8)
Vietnam
Myanmar
Thailand
Bangladesh
7. 1755 Lisbon Earthquake (8.5–9.0)
Spain
Morocco
United Kingdom
Portugal
8. 1668 Shandong Earthquake (8.5)
Singapore
China
North Korea
Philippines
9. 1999 İzmit Earthquake (7.6)
Turkey
Romania
Croatia
Albania
10. 2012 Emilia Earthquakes (6.1)
Austria
Italy
France
Switzerland
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