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FACTBOX: Deadliest earthquakes of the past 100 years
04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet - background material
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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.
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Date
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Location
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Fatalities
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Magnitude
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1976
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China, Tangshan
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255,000
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7.5
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2004
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Off Sumatra
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232,010*
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9.0
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1927
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China, near Xining
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200,000
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Not
available
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1920
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China, Gansu
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200,000
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8.6
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1923
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Japan, Kanto
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143,000**
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Not
available
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1948
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Turkmenistan
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110,000
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7.3
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1908
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Italy, Messina
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70,000-100,000
(est)
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7.2
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1932
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China, Gansu
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70,000
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7.6
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1970
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Peru
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66,000
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7.9
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1935
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Pakistan, Quetta
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30,000-60,000
(est)
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7.5
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* 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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