– June 2022 in Afghanistan: More than 1,100 people died in the 6.1 magnitude earthquake.
, August 2021 in Haiti: More than 2,200 people were killed in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
, September 2018 in Indonesia: The 7.5 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami, killing more than 4,300 people.
, April 2015 in Nepal: More than 8,800 people died in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
, March 2011 in Japan: A magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami, which killed approximately 20,000 people.
, January 2010 in Haiti: The 7.0 magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of thousands of people. Estimates of the death toll range widely. The United Nations says some 220,000 people were killed, while the Haitian government estimates the death toll at 316,000.
, May 2008 in China: More than 87,500 people were killed in the magnitude 7.9 earthquake.
, May 2006 in Indonesia: More than 5,700 people died in the 6.3 magnitude earthquake.
, October 2005 in Pakistan: More than 80,000 people died in the magnitude 7.6 earthquake.
, March 2005 in Indonesia: About 1,300 people died in the 8.6 magnitude earthquake.
, December 2004 in Indonesia: The 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean, killing nearly 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
, December 2003 in Iran: The 6.6 magnitude earthquake killed over 20,000 people.
, May 2003 in Algeria: More than 2,200 people were killed in the 6.8 magnitude earthquake.
, January 2001 in India: More than 20,000 people died in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake.
, August 1999 in Turkey: The 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed 18,000 people.
, In Afghanistan in May 1998: More than 4,000 people died in the 6.6 magnitude earthquake.
The largest earthquake ever recorded was in 1960 when a magnitude 9.5 earthquake struck Chile. Named the Valdivia earthquake after the city most affected by the quake, it left 2 million people out of their homes, injured at least 3,000, and killed about 1,655.
An earthquake can actually tell us a lot about the Earth’s interior, including where the different geological layers are located. When seismometers around the world detect seismic waves, they record their velocities, which tell scientists a lot about the composition, temperature and pressure of the material through which the waves travel.
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