See some of the deadliest earthquakes over the years

Some of the world's most deadly earthquakes in the past years are listed below

Last updated: February 06, 2023 | 19:23

Reuters and Compiled by Nilanjana Javed, Editorial Liason Manager

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Some of the world's most deadly earthquakes in the past years

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As Monday’s Turkey-Syria earthquake claimed thousands of lives, we look at some of the deadliest quakes over the years.

2021 - HAITI

2018 - INDONESIA

September 28, 2018 - A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, resulting in a 1.5 metre tsunami and killing more than 4,300 people.

2017 - MEXICO

September 19, 2017 - A 7.1 magnitude quake hit central Mexico, killing at least 369 people and causing more devastation in the capital than any temblor since an earthquake in 1985 that killed thousands.

2017 - IRAN

2016 - ITALY

August 24, 2016 - A 6.2 magnitude quake struck a cluster of mountain communities east of Rome in central Italy, killing about 300 people.

2016 -ECUADOR

April 16, 2016 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hammered Ecuador, killing more than 650 people on the country's Pacific coast.

2015 - NEPAL

April 25, 2015 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake ravaged impoverished Nepal, killing nearly 9,000 people and disrupting the lives of more than eight million.

2014 - CHINA

August 3, 2014 - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake devastated southwestern China, killing at least 600 people in a remote area of Yunnan province.

2011 - TURKEY

October 23, 2011 - A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook southeast Turkey, killing more than 600 people.

2010 - CHILE

February 27, 2010 - A 8.8 magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami in Chile killed more than 500 people, wrecking hundreds of thousands of homes and mangling highways and bridges.

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