Death toll in great earthquakes as of 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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CRED. (November 17, 2016). Earthquakes with the highest death toll worldwide from 1900 to 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/266325/death-toll-in-great-earthquakes/
CRED. "Earthquakes with the highest death toll worldwide from 1900 to 2016." Chart. November 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/266325/death-toll-in-great-earthquakes/
CRED. (2016). Earthquakes with the highest death toll worldwide from 1900 to 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/266325/death-toll-in-great-earthquakes/
CRED. "Earthquakes with The Highest Death Toll Worldwide from 1900 to 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/266325/death-toll-in-great-earthquakes/
CRED, Earthquakes with the highest death toll worldwide from 1900 to 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/266325/death-toll-in-great-earthquakes/ (last visited June 28, 2022)