The world's deadliest earthquakes in past decade

Luke Skywalker · Apr 25, 2015

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March 28, 2005: 1,300 Dead in Indonesia. Earthquake victim Jansen Silalahia, right, tells a French firefighter, left, which leg was pinned in the rubble after he was rescued by the firefighters, on March 30, 2005 in Gunung Sitoli, Indonesia. *(Photo: Suzanne Plunkett, AP)

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April 25, 2015: More than 1,400 dead in Nepal. A Nepalese man and woman hold each other in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was severely damaged by an earthquake, on April 25, 2015.(Photo: Prakash Mathema, AFP/Getty Images)

In the past decade, several quakes around the world have killed hundreds of thousands of people.
Here's a look at some of the deadliest quakes in the past 10 or so years:
APRIL 25, 2015: MORE THAN 1,400 DEAD IN NEPAL
More than 1,400 people were killed across four countries on April 25, 2015, after a magnitude 7.8 quake ripped through the region. The death toll in Nepal alone was confirmed at at least 1,457 people and was expected to continue to climb. At least 10 of the deaths occurred on Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain above sea level. At least 34 people were also killed in India, 12 in Tibet and two in Bangladesh. Two Chinese citizens died at the Nepal-China border.
AUG. 3, 2014: 700 DEAD IN CHINA

Aug. 3, 2014: 700 Dead in China. An injured earthquake survivor holds his tears in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on August 4, 2014. *(Photo: STR, AFP/Getty Images)

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake left more than 700 dead near Wenping, China, on Aug. 3, 2014. The strong quake struck the remote, mountainous part of China's southwest. More than 12,000 homes were toppled and nearly 2,000 people were injured. The epicenter was in Ludian County, in the city of Zhaotong in southwest Yunnan province — a known earthquake belt. It was the strongest quake to hit the province in 14 years.
SEPT. 24, 2013: 825 DEAD IN PAKISTAN

Sep 24, 2013: 825 Dead in Pakistan. Pakistani villagers look for belongings amid the rubble of their destroyed homes following an earthquake in the remote district of Awaran, Pakistan on Sept. 25, 2013. *(Photo: Arshad Butt, AP)

A magnitude-7.7 quake hit the remote, southwestern province of Baluchistan, killing at least 825 people on Sept. 24, 2013. In the town of Dalbadi, nearly all of the village's 350 homes were destroyed.
MARCH 11, 2011: 18,000 DEAD OR MISSING IN JAPAN

March 11, 2011: 18,000 Dead or Missing in Japan. Houses are shown in flame while the Natori river floods over the surrounding area by tsunami tidal waves in Natori, Japan on March 11, 2011.*(Photo: Yasushi Kanno, Yomiuri Shimbun via AP)

Nearly 16,000 people were killed when the magnitude-9.0 quake struck off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, triggering a tsunami as high as 90 feet in some areas. More than 2,600 are still listed as missing four years after the disaster, which washed away entire towns and communities along the nation's northeast coast. The earthquake was the largest ever to strike Japan.
FEB. 27, 2010: 700 DEAD IN CHILE

Feb. 27, 2010: 500 Dead in Chile. Police officers search for victims after an earthquake in Pelluhue, Chile on Feb. 28, 2010.*(Photo: Roberto Candia, AP)

At least 700 people were killed when a magnitude-8.8 quake struck off the coast of Chile on Feb. 27, 2010. About 1.5 million residents of the nation were affected and 500,000 homes were severely damaged. The quake spurred a tsunami that killed several on a Chilean island.
JAN. 12, 2010: 316,000 DEAD IN HAITI

Jan. 12, 2010: 316,000 Dead in Haiti. Rescue operators work through the night at a fallen police station in Port au Prince, Haiti on Jan. 14, 2010. *(Photo: William B. Plowman for USA TODAY)

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake tore through the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010, killing an estimated 316,000 people. The quake left 1.5 million homeless. Five years later, many people still live in tent cities that sprung up after the disaster.
SEPT. 30, 2009: 1,100 DEAD IN INDONESIA

Sept. 30, 2009: 1,100 Dead in Indonesia. Family members mourn victims in front of a collapsed school in Padang, West Sumatra, on October 1, 2009.*(Photo: Bay Ismoyo, AFP/Getty Images)

At least 1,100 people were killed by a powerful magnitude-7.5 temblor that hit Indonesia on Sept. 30, 2009. The quake started at sea and rippled through Sumatra, the westernmost island in the Indonesian archipelago. Most of the confirmed deaths were in the town of Padang, where more than 500 buildings were severely damaged.
MAY 12, 2008: NEARLY 90,000 DEAD IN CHINA

May 12, 2008: 87,000 Dead in China. Earthquake survivor Wang Minxing sits on the rubble that used to be his home at the earthquake-damaged town of Beichuan, China on May 18, 2008.*(Photo: Mark Ralston, AFP/Getty Images)

In Chnia's worst natural disaster in a generation, nearly 90,000 were killed when a magnitude-7.9 quake struck Sichuan province in the central part of the nation on May 12, 2008. About 5 million were left homeless in the three hardest-hit provinces and the quake caused more than $122 billion in direct economic losses.
AUG. 15, 2007: 500 DEAD IN PERU

Aug. 15, 2007: 500 Dead in Peru. A family inspects their destroyed home after an earthquake hit the area late in Ica, Peru on Aug. 16, 2007.*(Photo: Martin Mejia, STF)

The magnitude-8.0 earthquake was felt nearly 100 miles away from its epicenter off the coast of Peru on Aug. 15, 2007. More than 500 people were killed. The temblor devastated cities of adobe and brick in Peru's southern desert, where the center of destruction was located in the city of Ica and nearby port of Pisco, about 125 miles southeast of the capital, Lima.
MAY 26, 2006: 5,700 DEAD IN INDONESIA

May 26, 2006: 5,700 Dead in Indonesia. A 75-year old Indonesian grandmother named Samto Miharjo, searches the wreckage of her house at Kalitengah, Indonesia on May 29, 2006.*(Photo: Blontank Poer, European Pressphoto Agency)

A magnitude-6.3 quake hit Indonesia's heavily populated Java Island on May 26, 2006, killing more than 5,700 people. About 650,000 people were displaced by the disaster and more than 30,000 were injured. More than 135,000 houses were reduced to rubble.
OCT. 8, 2005: 80,000 DEAD IN PAKISTAN

Oct. 8, 2005: 80,000 Dead in Pakistan. Faiz Riaz who survived the deadly earthquake, is carried by his father to safer ground in Gari Habibullah, Pakistan on Oct. 10, 2005. *(Photo: Burhan Ozbilici, AP)

The magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck the mountains of northern Pakistan on Oct. 8, 2005, leaving 80,000 people dead. The temblor flattened entire villages of mud-brick homes and triggered landslides in the Kashmir region of the nation. The quake was centered about 60 miles northeast of the capital of Islamabad.
MARCH 28, 2005: 1,300 DEAD IN INDONESIA

March 28, 2005: 1,300 Dead in Indonesia. Earthquake victim Jansen Silalahia, right, tells a French firefighter, left, which leg was pinned in the rubble after he was rescued by the firefighters, on March 30, 2005 in Gunung Sitoli, Indonesia. *(Photo: Suzanne Plunkett, AP)

More than 1,300 were killed when a magnitude-8.6 quake struck on March 28, 2005. Most of the deaths occurred on Indonesia's Nias island, a popular surfing spot off Sumatra island's west coast.
DEC. 26, 2004: 230,000 DEAD IN INDONESIA

Dec. 25, 2004: 230,000 Dead in Indonesia. Search and Rescue team member Ngatno carefully walks across debris in the hard hit area of Banda Aceh known as Punge on Jan. 20, 2005.*(Photo: Jack Gruber, USA TODAY)

The most powerful earthquake in 40 years — a magnitude-9.1 that hit near the Indonesian island of Sumatra — spurred a tsunami that sent 20-foot waves crashing into several Asian nations. About 230,000 people were killed.
Source: USA TODAY research and the U.S. Geological Survey

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