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RUSSIA
A magnitude 9.0 quake in Kamchatka causes damage but no reported deaths, despite setting off 30-foot waves in Hawaii. -
CHILE
A magnitude 9.5 earthquake killed about 1,600 people and left 2,000,000 homeless. It came in the afternoon and made a big tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines. -
ALASKA, UNITED STATES
A magnitude 9.2 quake in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and ensuing tsunami killed 128 people. -
INDIA
An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 strikes the western state of Gujarat killing at least 19,700 people and causing damage in neighbouring Pakistan. The quake affected 15.9 million people in 7,904 villages. -
ALGERIA
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Algiers and nearby towns to the east, killing 2,251 and injuring 10,243. -
IRAN
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the historic city of Bam, 1,000 km (600 miles) southeast of Tehran. Some 30,948 people were killed in the quake. -
ASIA
The number of dead and missing in an Asian earthquake and tsunami reaches almost 230,000. The wave crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives. The quake measured 9.15 in magnitude. -
PAKISTAN
At least 86,000 people are killed by a 7.6 magnitude quake about 95 km (60 miles) northeast of Islamabad. The quake also rocks Indian Kashmir, killing 1,244 there. -
CHINA
Around 87,600 people are killed in Sichuan province after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits the region. -
ITALY
A powerful earthquake strikes central Italy, killing 296 people. Some 65,000 people lose their homes in the 6.3 magnitude quake. The quake strikes the Abruzzo region east of Rome. The dead were mainly in L'Aquila, a 13th century city about 100 km (60 miles) east of Rome with a population of 68,000. -
HAITI
A 7.0 magnitude quake devastates Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, and kills around 316,000 people. The United Nations estimates that 80,000 buildings in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas collapsed after the quake, leaving 10 million cubic metres of rubble. -
CHILE
An 8.8 magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami in Chile kill more than 500 people and cause some $30 billion in damage, wrecking hundreds of thousands of homes and mangling highways and bridges. -
NEW ZEALAND
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Christchurch on February 22, killing 181 people and causing an estimated NZ$15 billion ($12 billion) of damage. -
JAPAN
A 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami strikes Japan's northeast leaving it in ruins. About 15,690 are killed, 4,740 are missing and 5,710 are injured. -
TURKEY
A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake shakes southeast Turkey. Up to 1,000 people are possibly killed after it triggers the collapse of dozens of buildings across the region, media reports the Kandilli Observatory as saying.