Earthquake List

15 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1900

 

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#1 Tangshan, China - 1976
Magnitude 7.5 - 255,000 Casualties

#9 Messina, Italy - 1908
Magnitude 7.2 - 72,000 Casualties


#2 Sumatra Indonesia - 2004
Magnitude 9.1 - 227,898 Casualties

#10 Chimbote, Peru - 1970
Magnitude 7.9 - 70,000 Casualties


#3 Haiti - 2010
Magnitude 7.0 - 222,570 Casualties

#11 Western Iran - 1990
Magnitude 7.4 - 50,000 Casualties

#4 Ningxia, China - 1920
Magnitude 7.8 - 200,000 Casualties

#12 Gansu, China - 1927
Magnitude 7.6 - 40,900 Casualties

#5 Kanto, Japan - 1923
Magnitude 7.9 - 142,800 Casualties

#13 Erzincan, Turkey - 1939
Magnitude 7.8 - 32,700 Casualties

#6 Ashgabat, Russia
Magnitude 7.3 - 110,000 Casualties

#14 Avezzano, Italy - 1915
Magnitude 7.0 - 32,610 Casualties

#7 Sichuan, China
Magnitude 7.9 - 87,587 Casualties

#15 Southeastern Iran - 2003
Magnitude 6.6 - 31,000 Casualties

#8 Pakistan - 2005
Magnitude 7.6 - 86,000 Casualties

hthttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/world_deaths.php

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