jameseszThe Ten Costliest Earthquake in the last 100 years
Posted by jamesesz on May 17, 2008
|
Year |
Death toll |
|
1980 |
Italy : $10-$20 billion |
|
1988 |
Armenia : $14.2-$20.5 billion |
|
1989 |
Loma Prieta, California, U.S. : $5.9-$12 billion |
|
1994 |
Northridge, California, U.S. : $20-$40 billion |
|
1994 |
Kuril Islands, Russia; Hokkaido, Japan : $11.7 billion |
|
1995 |
Kobe, Japan: $131.5 billion |
|
1999 |
Taiwan : $9.2-$14 billion |
|
1999 |
Turkey : $6.5-$12 billion |
|
1999 |
Turkey : $10 billion |
|
2004 |
Niigata, Japan : $28 billion |
Sources: Hazard data: Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program. Population Data: LandScan 2004, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy. Earthquake Data: Earthquake Hazards Program/USGS and National Geophysical data Center/NOAA
