washingtonThe combined death toll after Monday morning’s devastating earthquake in central Turkey and border Syria rose to 4,300 on Tuesday, as rescue teams in both countries continued their search in hopes of rescuing more people trapped under the rubble. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake, followed by two more powerful earthquakes and aftershocks, destroyed thousands of buildings, killed thousands and raised the specter of a new humanitarian disaster in a region of the world already It was grappling with war, a refugee crisis and a deeper crisis. Financial trouble
Here is a list of some of the deadliest earthquakes in the world since 2000:-
June 22, 2022: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan kills more than 1,100 people.
August 14, 2021: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti kills more than 2,200 people.
September 28, 2018: A 7.5-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia, killing more than 4,300 people.
August 24, 2016: A 6.2 magnitude earthquake in central Italy kills more than 300 people.
April 25, 2015: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits Nepal, killing over 8,800.
August 3, 2014: A 6.2 magnitude earthquake near Wenping, China kills more than 700 people.
September 24, 2013: A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits southwest Pakistan, killing over 800 people.
March 11, 2011: A 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing more than 20,000 people.
February 27, 2010: An 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits Chile, triggering a tsunami and killing 524.
January 12, 2010: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake kills an astonishing 316,000 people in Haiti, according to government estimates.
September 30, 2009: A 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Sumatra, Indonesia, killing more than 1,100 people.
April 6, 2009: A 6.3 magnitude earthquake in and around L’Aquila, Italy, kills over 300 people.
May 12, 2008: A 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes eastern Sichuan, China, resulting in the deaths of more than 87,500 people.
August 15, 2007: A magnitude 8.0 earthquake off the coast of central Peru kills more than 500 people.
May 26, 2006: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits the Indonesian island of Java, killing more than 5,700 people.
October 8, 2005: A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits the Kashmir region of Pakistan, killing more than 80,000 people.
March 28, 2005: An 8.6-magnitude earthquake strikes North Sumatra, Indonesia, killing nearly 1,300 people.
December 26, 2004: A magnitude 9.1 earthquake in Indonesia triggers a tsunami in the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
December 26, 2003: A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hits southeastern Iran, killing 50,000.
May 21, 2003: A 6.8 magnitude earthquake kills more than 2,200 people in Algeria.
March 25, 2002: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills nearly 1,000 people in northern Afghanistan.
January 26, 2001: A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits Gujarat, India, killing 20,000 people.