Paris, Feb 13 (AFP\/APP):The massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 is the fifth-deadliest this century.
\nHere is a list of the 10 worst quakes since 2000, ranked by death toll:<\/p>\n
– 2004: 230,000 dead, Southeast Asia –<\/p>\n
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, are including 170,000 in Indonesia alone.<\/p>\n
Waves 30 metres (100 feet) high, travelling at 700 kilometres per hour (435 miles per hour), swallow everything in their path.<\/p>\n
– 2010: 200,000 dead, Haiti –<\/p>\n
A magnitude 7 quake on January 12 devastates the capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n
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’s frail infrastructure.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
– 2008: 87,000 dead, Sichuan –<\/p>\n
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
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.<\/p>\n
– 2005: 73,000 dead, Kashmir –<\/p>\n
An October 8 earthquake kills more than 73,000 people, the vast majority in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province and the Pakistani-administered zone of Kashmir.<\/p>\n
A further 3.5 million are displaced.<\/p>\n
– 2023: 35,000 dead, Turkey and Syria –<\/p>\n
On February 6, a 7.8-magnitude quake strikes near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, close to the Syrian border.<\/p>\n
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
On February 13, the toll hits 35,224.<\/p>\n
– 2003: 31,000 dead, Bam (Iran) –<\/p>\n
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
Nearly 80 percent of Bam’s infrastructure is damaged and the desert citadel, once considered the world’s largest adobe building, crumbles.<\/p>\n
– 2001: 20,000 dead, India –<\/p>\n
A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake on January 26 hits the western Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people.<\/p>\n
The quake flattens buildings across the state, with many fatalities in the town of Bhuj near the border with Pakistan.<\/p>\n
– 2011: 18,500 dead, Japan –<\/p>\n
On March 11, Japan is struck by an enormous 9.0-magnitude earthquake, unleashing a towering tsunami.<\/p>\n
Around 18,500 people are left dead or missing as the wall of water travelling at the speed of jet plane levels communities along the northeastern coast.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
– 2015: 9,000 dead, Nepal –<\/p>\n
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
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.<\/p>\n
– 2006: 6,000 dead, Java –<\/p>\n
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
More than 420,000 are left homeless and around 157,000 houses are destroyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paris, Feb 13 (AFP\/APP):The massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 is the fifth-deadliest this century. Here is a list of the 10 worst quakes since 2000, ranked by death toll: – 2004: 230,000 dead, Southeast Asia – On December 26, a […]<\/p>\n
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