Deadly earthquakes in the history

Deadly earthquakes in the history

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Earthquakes are one of nature's most unpredictable and frightening events. They are killers and the loss of life caused by these ground shaking events can be enormous. Earthquakes can result in falling buildings, resultant fires, landslides and tsunami which bring serious threats to anyone. The recent killer quake in Haiti has once again highlighted this deadly force of nature and the destruction it can bring.

 

Here are some notable known earthquake events in our history:

 

12 January 2010, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

 

Fears that thousands have died in Haiti after a quake of 7.0 magnitude struck near the capital Port-au-Prince

 

 

6 April 2009, L'Aquila, Italy

 

 

View of the dome of the damaged Cathedral in the center of L'Aquila, Italy

 

12 May 2008, Sichuan, China

 

Up to 87,000 people are killed or missing and as many as 370,000 injured by an earthquake in Sichuan province

 

The great Sichuan earthquake has consumed tens of thousands of lives

 

15 August 2007, Lima, Peru

 

At least 519 people are killed in Peru's coastal province of Ica, as a 7.90-magnitude undersea earthquake strikes about 145km (90 miles) south-east of the capital, Lima

 

Outside the capital, roads were badly affected with many people in damaged towns effectively cut off.

 

27 May 2006, Yogyakarta, Indonesian island of Java

 

At least 5,749 people were killed, 38,568 were injured and as many as 600,000 people were displaced in the Bantul-Yogyakarta area

 

 

8 October 2005, Kashmir, Pakistan

 

An earthquake measuring 7.6 strikes northern Pakistan and the disputed Kashmir region, killing more than 73,000 people and leaving millions homeless

 

 

26 December 2003, Bam, Iran

 

Within the first 30 seconds of the earthquake, more than 85 per cent of the buildings were completely destroyed.

 

More than 30,000 people dead and many thousands still missing in Bam

 

26 January 2001, Gujarat, India

 

An earthquake magnitude 7.9 devastates killing nearly 20,000 people and making more than a million homeless

 

It has been the most damaging earthquake in the last five decades in India

 

17 August 1999, Izmit and Istanbul, Turkey

 

An magnitude 7.4 earthquake rocks the Turkish cities of Izmit and Istanbul, leaving more than 17,000 dead and many more injured

 

 

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