Death toll in great earthquakes as of 2016
Earthquakes with the highest death toll worldwide from 1900 to 2016
The statistic shows the earthquakes with the highest death toll worldwide from 1900 to 2016. Total 242,000 people were killed in the earthquake in Tangshan / China in 1976.
Earthquakes with the highest death toll worldwide from 1900 to 2016
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| Death toll | |
|---|---|
| Tangshan (China, 1976) | 242,000 |
| Haiti (2010) | 222,570 |
| Nanchang (China, 1927) | 200,000 |
| Haiyuan (China, 1920) | 180,000 |
| Sumatra (Indonesia, 2004) | 165,708 |
| Kanto (Japan, 1923) | 143,000 |
| Ashgabat (Turkmenistan, 1948) | 110,000 |
| Szechuan (China, 2008) | 87,476 |
| Messina (Italy, 1908) | 75,000 |
| Muzaffarabad (Pakistan, 2005) | 73,338 |
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