May 26 (Reuters) - China put the death toll from the May 12 earthquake that struck Sichuan province at 65,080 with more than 23,000 still missing. Here are some of the region's worst recent natural disasters. Dec. 26, 2004 - ASIA - The number of dead and missing from an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia and subsequent tsunami is at least 232,000. The quake measured 9.15 in magnitude. March 28, 2005 - INDONESIA - Nearly 1,000 people are killed after a quake of magnitude 8.7 strikes the coast off Indonesian island of Sumatra. July/Aug - INDIA - More than 1,000 people are killed -- mostly drowned and buried by landslides -- after the heaviest rainfall ever recorded falls on the western state of Maharashtra on July 26. Oct 8 - PAKISTAN - At least 73,320 people are killed by a 7.6 magnitude quake that strikes about 95 km (60 miles) northeast of Islamabad. The quake also rocks Indian Kashmir, killing 1,244 people. Feb. 17, 2006 - PHILIPPINES - Mudslide triggered by heavy rain buries nearly 1,000 people in the Philippines. About 140 bodies are recovered. May 27 - INDONESIA - More than 5,700 people are killed when an earthquake centred just off the Indian Ocean coast hits the island of Java near Yogyakarta. June-July, 2007 - INDIAN SUBCONTINENT - Monsoon storms kill about 1,750 people in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, and Pakistan. India is hardest hit with at least 750 people killed. Nov 15 - BANGLADESH - Cyclone Sidr strikes Bangladesh, killing about 3,500 people. May 2/3, 2008 - MYANMAR - As of May 26 the official toll of dead and missing is above 134,000 after Cyclone Nargis ripped through Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta. An estimated 2.4 million people have been left destitute. May 12 - CHINA - The most devastating earthquake to hit China in three decades strikes southwest Sichuan. The quake, which measured magnitude 7.9, killed 65,080 as of May 26 with 23,150 missing. A total of 360,058 people were injured. -- An estimated 5 million people are displaced by the quake. -- A strong aftershock on May 25 killed at least eight people, injured nearly 1,000 and toppled 70,000 houses. For story on the Chinese earthquake, click on [nPEK132521] For latest story on Myanmar cyclone, click on [nBKK294764] (Writing by David Cutler and Gill Murdoch, London Editorial Reference Unit)
Survivors of the quake look for their belongings inside the debris of their collapsed houses in the earthquake-hit area of Qingchuan county, Sichuan province, May 26, 2008. A big aftershock rattled ...
