10 WORST EARTHQUAKES
IN WORLD HISTORY
1: Shensi, China, Jan. 23, 1556
Magnitude about 8, about 830,000 deaths.

2: Tangshan, China, July 27, 1976


Magnitude 7.5. Official casualty figure is 255,000 deaths. Estimated death toll as high as 655,000.
3: Aleppo, Syria, Aug. 9, 1138
Magnitude not known, about 230,000 deaths.

4: Sumatra, Indonesia, Dec. 26, 2004

Magnitude 9.1, 227,898 deaths.

5: Haiti, Jan 12, 2010


Magnitude 7.0. According to official estimates, 222,570 people killed.

6: Damghan, Iran, Dec. 22, 856
Magnitude not known, about 200,000 deaths.

6: Damghan, Iran, Dec. 22, 856
Magnitude not known, about 200,000 deaths.

6: Damghan, Iran, Dec. 22, 856
Magnitude not known, about 200,000 deaths.

7: Haiyuan, Ningxia , China, Dec. 16, 1920
7.8 magnitude, about 200,000 deaths.

8: Ardabil, Iran, March. 23, 893
Magnitude not known, about 150,000 deaths


9: Kanto, Japan, Sept. 1, 1923
7.9 magnitude, 142,800 deaths.

10: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Oct. 5, 1948
7.3 magnitude, 110,000 deaths.

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