jameseszThe Ten Deadliest Earthquakes in the last 100 years
Posted by jamesesz on May 17, 2008
|
Year |
Death toll |
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1908 |
Messina, Italy: 70,000-100,000 deaths (estimate) |
|
1920 |
Gansu Province, China: 200,000 deaths |
|
1923 |
Kanto, Japan: 143,000 deaths |
|
1927 |
Qinghai, China : 200,000 deaths |
|
1932 |
Gansu Province, China: 70,000 deaths |
|
1948 |
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan: 110,000 deaths |
|
1970 |
Peru: 66,000 deaths |
|
1976 |
Tangshan, China: 255,000 deaths (official), 655,000 (estimates) |
|
2004 |
Sumatra, Indonesia: 220,000 deaths (estimates) |
|
2005 |
Kashmir: 73,000 deaths (estimates) |
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
