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India
A massive quake hits the western Indian state of Gujarat, killing 25,000 people and injuring 166,000. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece Image: http://www.drgeorgepc.com/quake2001IndiaEpic.gif -
Iran (6.7 magnitude quake)
A 6.7-magnitude quake hits the Iranian city of Bam, killing at least 31,884 people and injuring 18,000. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece picture: http://www.farsinet.com/bam/images/map.jpg -
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Sumatra (tsunami, 9.1 magnitude quake)
A 9.1-magnitude undersea quake off the coast of Sumatra island triggers a tsunami that kills 220,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean, including 168,000 in Indonesia. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece picture: http://www.olympus.net/personal/gofamily/quake/32804quake.gif -
Indonesia/Sumatra (8.6 magnitude quake)
An 8.6-magnitude quake on Indonesia's Nias island off Sumatra leaves at least 900 dead. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece -
Pakistan (7.6 magnitude quake)
A 7.6-magnitude quake kills more than 75,000 people, most of them in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province and the Pakistani-administered zone of Kashmir state. Some 3.5 million are displaced. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece
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Java (tsunami, 7.7 magnitude quake)
A 7.7-magnitude undersea quake strikes off Indonesia's Java island, unleashing a tsunami, killing at least 596, injuring more than 9,500 and displacing around 74,000. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece picture: http://www.habitat.org/ap/news/2006/05_27_2006_Indonesia_Earthquake_in_Yogyakarta_Java.aspx -
Sumatra (6.3 magnitude quake)
A 6.3-magnitude quake hits the Indonesian island of Sumatra, flattening buildings and killing at least 70 people. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece -
Solomon Islands (tsunami, 8.0 magnitude quake)
An 8.0-magnitude quake in the Western Solomon Islands triggers a tsunami that kills more than 50 people and displaces thousands. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece -
Congo/Rwanda (6.1 magnitude quake)
A quake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale strikes eastern Congo and western Rwanda, killing 45 people and leaving thousands homeless. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece picture: http://www.kathryncramer.com/kathryn_cramer/images/congoquake.jpg -
Sichuan, China (8.0 magnitude quake)
An 8.0-magnitude quake hits China's southwest province of Sichuan, leaving more than 87,000 people dead or missing. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece -
Samoa (tsunami, 8.0 magnitude quake)
A massive tsunami sparked by an 8.0-magnitude earthquake flattens villages and resorts in Samoa and the neighbouring Pacific islands of American Samoa and northern Tonga, killing 186 people. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece picture: http://2012rising.com/images/165.jpg -
Sumatra (7.6 magnitude quake)
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing more than 1,100 people. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985836.ece
