Major Earthquakes and Death Tolls
Below is a list of Major earthquakes in the
world and their estimated death tolls. In some cases the number
of deaths resulting from an earthquake is not known.
Year
|
Place
|
Deaths
|
| 1906 |
San
Francisco |
3,000 |
| 1908 |
Messina, Italy |
110,000 |
| 1920 |
Gansu and Shanxi, China |
200,000 |
| 1923 |
Tokyo, Japan |
142,810 |
| 1927 |
Qinghai, China |
200,000 |
| 1935 |
Quetta, Pakistan |
30,000 |
| 1939 |
Erzincan, Turkey |
32,700 |
| 1948 |
Fukui, Japan |
5,390 |
| 1960 |
Southern
Chile |
5,700 |
| 1970 |
Northern Peru |
67,000 |
| 1976 |
Mindanao, Philippines |
8,000 |
| 1976 |
Guatemala |
22,780 |
| 1976 |
Tangshan, China |
655,000 |
| 1985 |
Michoacan, Mexico |
9,500 |
| 1988 |
Armenia |
25,000 |
| 1990 |
Western Iran |
50,000 |
| 1993 |
Latur, India |
9,750 |
| 1995 |
Kobe, Japan |
5,200 |
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