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We show the correspondence between the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and impacted areas, located in cities and towns, mostly along the fault line, in areas where macroseismic intensity values were higher than 7. We verified the darkening of night lights as recorded by VIIRS using the new SDGSAT-1 Glimmer multispectral nighttime sensor, as well as by comparing changes in nighttime lights with reports on damaged buildings. 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