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San francisco earthquake
-3,000 people died.
-80% of san francisco was destroyed.
-The magnitude scale was 7.8. -
Bhola cyclone
500,000 lost their lives in the storm.
-Wind speeds reached 115 mph.
-Reached a strength equivalent to a category 3 hurricane. -
cyclone nargis
-138,000 people died.
-Winds reached 105 mph.
-Goverment stopped recording deaths after 138,000. -
Haiti earthquake
-7.0 magnitude earthquake.
-30,000 commercial buildings collapsed.
-death toll estimates from 100,000 t0 160,000. -
Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
-9.0 magnitude earthquake.
-15,891 people lost their lives.
-127,290 buildings totally collapsed.
