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Southeastern Iran 31,000 people dead
The 2003 Bam earthquake struck Bam and the surrounding Kerman province of southeastern Iran at 1:56 AM UTC (5:26 AM Iran Standard Time) on Friday, December 26, 2003. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude (Mw) of 6.6; estimated by the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was particularly destructive, with the death toll amounting to 26,271 people and injuring an additional 30,000. -
227,898 people dead Off West Coast of Northern Sumatra
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The event is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake.[6][7] The resulting tsunami was given various names, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, South Asian tsunami, Indonesian tsunami, the Christmas tsunami and the Boxing Day tsunami. The undersea megathrust earthquake was caused when the Indian Plate was subducted by the Burma Plat -
80,361 people dead in Pakistan
The 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at 08:50:39 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October in the Kashmir region of Pakistan. It was centered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir , near the city of Muzaffarabad, and it also affected Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It registered a moment magnitude of 7.6 and had a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VIII (Severe). The earthquake also affected countries in the surrounding region where tremors were felt in Tajikistan and western China. The severity of the -
Java Indonesia 5,749
The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake (also known as the Bantul earthquake) occurred at 05:54 local time on 27 May with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum intensity of IX (Destructive) on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale. The shock occurred on the southern coast of Java near the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, and caused a disproportionate number of casualties, with more than 5,700 deaths and 37,000 injuries, and financial losses of (Rp 29.1 Trillion ($3.1B)). The eruption of Mount Merapi, a str -
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eastearn sichuan Japan 87,587 dead
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Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 1,117 people dead
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haiti 316,000 people dead
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20,896 people dead honshu Japan
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philippines earthquake 2012 113 people dead
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Awaran, Pakistan
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Wenping, China 729 people dead
