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FACTBOX: Deadliest earthquakes of the past 100 years
04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

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LONDON (AlertNet) - Following is a list of the 10 deadliest earthquakes of the past 100 years. To find out who is most vulnerable when a natural disaster strikes, see One man’s hazard is another man’s disaster.

Date

Location

Fatalities

Magnitude

1976

China, Tangshan            

255,000

7.5

2004

Off Sumatra

232,010*

9.0

1927

China, near Xining

200,000

Not available

1920

China, Gansu

200,000

8.6

1923

Japan, Kanto

143,000**

Not available

1948

Turkmenistan

110,000

7.3

1908

Italy, Messina

70,000-100,000 (est)

7.2

1932

China, Gansu

70,000

7.6

1970

Peru

66,000

7.9

1935

Pakistan, Quetta

30,000-60,000 (est)

7.5

* This figure includes the number killed and missing in the tsunami triggered by the earthquake.

** Many thousands were killed in the Great Tokyo Fire caused by the earthquake.

Source: United States Geological Survey, www.usgs.gov


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