The following are some of the deadliest earthquakes worldwide over the last 100 years with estimates of surface magnitude. The Richter scale of magnitude did not come into being until 1935.
HONG KONG: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the Indonesian island of Java on Saturday, killing more than 2,000 people and injuring thousands more .
The following are some of the deadliest earthquakes worldwide over the last 100 years with estimates of surface magnitude. The Richter scale of magnitude did not come into being until 1935:
October 8, 2005. Muzaffarabad, Pakistan: A quake measuring 7.6 kills more than 75,000 people, the vast majority of them in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province and the Pakistani-administered zone of Kashmir state. Some 3.5 million are displaced.
December 26, 2004. Banda Aceh, Indonesia: More than 220,000 people die after an undersea earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra sparks a tsunami wave that ponds countries around the Indian Ocean. Magnitude more than 9.0
December 26, 2003. Bam, Iran: At least 31,884 people die and 18,000 are injured. Magnitude 6.7
January 26, 2001. Gujarat, India: 25,000 people killed, 166,000 injured. Magnitude 6.7
June 20, 1990. Northwestern Iran: More than 40,000 killed and 100,000 injured. Magnitude 7.7
July 28, 1976. Tangshan city in Hebei province, China: 242,000 dead and 164,000 injured. Magnitude 7.8
May 31, 1970. Mount Huascaran, Peru: Earthquake and subsequent avalanche killed 66,800. Magnitude 7.5
December 26, 1939. Erzincan, Turkey: 35-40,000 killed. Magnitude 8.0
May 30, 1935. Quetta, India (now Pakistan): More than 50,000 killed. Magnitude 7.6
May 23, 1927. Gansu province, China: Up to 80,000 thought to have died. Magnitude 8.0
May 22, 1927. Nanshan province, China: Up to 200,000 people may have been killed. Magnitude 8.0
September 1, 1923. Yokohama, Japan: More than 140,000 people died in earthquake and subsequent fire. Magnitude 8.2
December 16, 1920. Ningxia, China: About 235,000 reported killed. Magnitude 8.5
December 28, 1908. Messina, Italy: Earthquake and tidal waves killed at least 83,000. Some reports put the figure much higher. Magnitude 7.5
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