<[Major earthquakes since 1900]>

9.57

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  • [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]Major earthquakes throughout history in pictures. [/FONT][/FONT]

    francisco-1906_1846933i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1906: USA (California, San Francisco). Richter scale: 7.8, Deaths: 3,000, Cost ($m): 524 [/FONT][/FONT]

    Italy-1908_1846870i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1908: Italy (Messina). Richter scale: 7.5, Deaths: 25,926, Cost: ($m) 116 [/FONT][/FONT]

    japan-1923_1846937i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1923: Japan (Tokyo-Yokohama). Richter scale: 8.3, Deaths: 142,800, Cost ($m): 2,800 [/FONT][/FONT]

    pakistan-1936_1846861i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1936: Pakistan (Quetta). Richter scale: 7.5, Deaths: 35,000, Cost ($m): 25 [/FONT][/FONT]

    chile-1939_1846903i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1939: Chile (Concepcion). Richter scale: 8.3, Deaths: 28,000, Cost ($m): 100[/FONT][/FONT]


    Turkey-1940_1846852i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1939: Turkey (Erzincan). Richter scale: 8.0, Deaths: 36,740, Cost ($m): 20 [/FONT][/FONT]


    morocco-1960_1846859i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1960: Morocco (Agadir). Richter scale: 5.9, Deaths: 12,000, Cost ($m): 120[/FONT][/FONT]


    peru-1970_1846857i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1970: Peru (Chimbote). Richter scale: 7.7, Deaths: 67,000, Cost ($m): 550[/FONT][/FONT]


    china-1976_1846899i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1976: China (Tangshan). Richter scale: 8.0, Deaths: 290,000, Cost ($m): 5,600 [/FONT][/FONT]


    guatemala-1976_1846894i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1976: Guatemala (Guatemala City). Richter scale: 7.5, Deaths: 22,084, Cost ($m): 1,100[/FONT][/FONT]


    mexico-1985_1846862i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1985: Mexico (Mexico City). Richter scale: 8.1, Deaths: 10,000, Cost ($m): 4,000[/FONT][/FONT]


    armenia-1988_1846898i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1988: Armenia (Spitak). Richter scale: 6.9, Deaths: 25,000 Cost ($m): 14,000 [/FONT][/FONT]


    san-francisco-1989_1846856i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1989: USA (California, San Francisco). Richter Scale: 7.0, Deaths: 68, Cost ($m): 6,000 [/FONT][/FONT]


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    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]July 1990, Baguio City, Philippines. Deaths about 5000.[/FONT][/FONT]



    kobe-1995_1846868i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1995: Japan (Kobe). Richter scale: 7.2, Deaths: 6348, Cost ($m): 200,000[/FONT][/FONT]


    turkey-1999_1846844i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]1999: Turkey (Kocaeli). Richter scale: 7.4, Deaths: 19,118, Cost ($m): 20,000[/FONT][/FONT]


    indonesia-2004_1846879i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]2004: Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Richter scale: 9.2, Deaths: 230,000[/FONT][/FONT]


    china-2008_1846917i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]2008: Sichuan Province. Richter scale: 8.0, Deaths: 68,000, Cost ($m): 20,000[/FONT][/FONT]


    chile-2010_1846909i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]2010: Chile (Maule Region). Richter scale: 8.8, Deaths: 486[/FONT][/FONT]


    earthquake-wide-ts_1846157i.jpg

    [FONT=garamond,serif][FONT=garamond, serif]2011: Japan. Richter scale: 8.9.[/FONT][/FONT]


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    chk99

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    gud post..
    but u've missed this
    2010 HAITI earth quake
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake


    "the Haitian government reported that an estimated 316,000 people had died, 300,000 had been injured and 1,000,000 made homeless.[9][10] The death toll has also been suggested to be much lower at somewhere between 92,000[3] and 220,000, with around 1.5 million[11] to 1.8 million homeless.[12] The government of Haiti also estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged"
    :(:(
     

    9.57

    Well-known member
  • gud post..
    but u've missed this
    2010 HAITI earth quake
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake


    "the Haitian government reported that an estimated 316,000 people had died, 300,000 had been injured and 1,000,000 made homeless.[9][10] The death toll has also been suggested to be much lower at somewhere between 92,000[3] and 220,000, with around 1.5 million[11] to 1.8 million homeless.[12] The government of Haiti also estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged"
    :(:(
    oops..:sorry::sorry:
    tnx 4 updating bro