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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ten-deadliest-quakes-of-the-21st-century\/#%E2%80%9CTen_deadliest_quakes_of_the_21st_century%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ten deadliest quakes of the 21st century&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ten-deadliest-quakes-of-the-21st-century\/#2004_230000_dead_southeast_Asia\" >2004: 230,000 dead, southeast Asia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ten-deadliest-quakes-of-the-21st-century\/#2010_200000_dead_Haiti\" >2010: 200,000 dead, Haiti<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ten-deadliest-quakes-of-the-21st-century\/#2008_87000_dead_Sichuan\" >2008: 87,000 dead, Sichuan<\/a><\/li><li 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ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ten-deadliest-quakes-of-the-21st-century\/#2011_18500_dead_Japan\" >2011: 18,500 dead, Japan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ten-deadliest-quakes-of-the-21st-century\/#2015_9000_dead_Nepal\" >2015: 9,000 dead, Nepal<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ten-deadliest-quakes-of-the-21st-century\/#2006_6000_dead_Java\" >2006: 6,000 dead, Java<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTen_deadliest_quakes_of_the_21st_century%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ten deadliest quakes of the 21st century&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/mesut-hancer-holds-his.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/mesut-hancer-holds-his.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Mesut Hancer holds his dead daughter's hand. Irmak, 15, died in the Turkey-Syria quake.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/mesut-hancer-holds-his.jpg\" alt=\"Mesut Hancer holds his dead daughter's hand. Irmak, 15, died in the Turkey-Syria quake\" title=\"Mesut Hancer holds his dead daughter's hand. Irmak, 15, died in the Turkey-Syria quake.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Mesut Hancer holds his dead daughter&#8217;s hand. Irmak, 15, died in the Turkey-Syria quake.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 is the fifth-deadliest this century.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>Here is a list of the 10 worst quakes since 2000, ranked by death toll:\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2004_230000_dead_southeast_Asia\"><\/span>2004: 230,000 dead, southeast Asia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On December 26, a massive 9.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that kills more than 230,000 people throughout the region, including 170,000 in Indonesia alone.<\/p>\n<p>Waves 30 metres (100 feet) high, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ling at 700 kilometres per hour (435 miles per hour), swallow everything in their path.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2010_200000_dead_Haiti\"><\/span>2010: 200,000 dead, Haiti<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A magnitude 7 quake on January 12 devastates the capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n<p>The quake cuts the country off from the rest of the world for 24 hours, killing over 200,000 people, leaving 1.5 million homeless and shattering much of Haiti&#8217;s frail infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In October the same year, Haiti is also hit by a cholera epidemic introduced by Nepalese peacekeepers who arrived after the quake. It kills more than 10,000 people.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2008_87000_dead_Sichuan\"><\/span>2008: 87,000 dead, Sichuan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>More than 87,000 people, including 5,335 school pupils, are left dead or missing when a 7.9-magnitude quake strikes southwestern Sichuan province on May 12.<\/p>\n<p>The quake causes outrage after it emerges that 7,000 schools were badly damaged, triggering accusations of shoddy construction, corner-cutting and possible corruption, especially as many other buildings nearby held firm.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2005_73000_dead_Kashmir\"><\/span>2005: 73,000 dead, Kashmir<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>An October 8 earthquake kills more than 73,000 people, the vast majority in Pakistan&#8217;s North-West Frontier Province and the Pakistani-administered zone of Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>A further 3.5 million are displaced.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2023_35000_dead_Turkey_and_Syria\"><\/span>2023: 35,000 dead, Turkey and Syria<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On February 6, a 7.8-magnitude quake strikes near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, close to the Syrian border.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest quake in Turkey in nearly a century, which is followed by a 7.5 magnitude tremor, reduces entire neighbourhoods of cities in southeastern Turkey and the north of war-ravaged Syria to rubble.<\/p>\n<p>On February 13, the toll hits 35,224.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2003_31000_dead_Bam_Iran\"><\/span>2003: 31,000 dead, Bam (Iran)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A 6.6-magnitude quake in southeastern Iran on December 26 destroys the ancient mud-brick city of Bam, killing at least 31,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 80 percent of Bam&#8217;s infrastructure is damaged and the desert citadel, once considered the world&#8217;s largest adobe building, crumbles.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2001_20000_dead_India\"><\/span>2001: 20,000 dead, India<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake on January 26 hits the western Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>The quake flattens buildings across the state, with many fatalities in the town of Bhuj near the border with Pakistan.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2011_18500_dead_Japan\"><\/span>2011: 18,500 dead, Japan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On March 11, Japan is struck by an enormous 9.0-magnitude earthquake, unleashing a towering tsunami.<\/p>\n<p>Around 18,500 people are left dead or missing as the wall of water travelling at the speed of a jet plane levels communities along the northeastern coast.<\/p>\n<p>The ensuing meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant blankets nearby areas with radiation, rendering some towns uninhabitable for years and displacing tens of thousands of residents.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2015_9000_dead_Nepal\"><\/span>2015: 9,000 dead, Nepal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A 7.8-magnitude earthquake on April 25 strikes in central Nepal, triggering avalanches and landslides across the Himalayan nation, destroying schools and hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The quake kills almost 9,000 people and renders millions homeless. It also reduces more than a hundred monuments to rubble, including centuries-old temples and royal palaces in the Kathmandu valley.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2006_6000_dead_Java\"><\/span>2006: 6,000 dead, Java<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On May 26, a 6.3-magnitude quake rocks the southern coast of the Indonesian island of Java, near the city of Yogyakarta, killing around 6,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>More than 420,000 are left homeless and around 157,000 houses are destroyed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2023 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                Ten deadliest quakes of the 21st century (2023, February 13)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 13 February 2023<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2023-02-ten-deadliest-quakes-21st-century.html<\/p>\n<p>                                             This document is subject to copyright. 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