830,000 people died in an Earthquake in China in 1556, 142,000 people died in Japan in 1923 Earthquake. Check which were some of the deadliest earthquakes in human history !
Estimated to have killed 830,000 people, this earthquake is considered to be the deadliest in history.
This 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Kantō region of Japan, killing over 142,000 people and causing widespread devastation.
This 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Tangshan region of China, killing an estimated 242,000 people. It was the deadliest earthquake ever recorded in China.
This 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, killing over 220,000 people and causing widespread destruction. It was the deadliest earthquake ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.
This 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggering a devastating tsunami that killed over 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and other countries in the Indian Ocean region.
This 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Assam region of India and Bangladesh, killing over 80,000 people.
This 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Messina, Italy, killing over 80,000 people and causing widespread destruction.
This 8.5 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Lisbon, Portugal, killing over 60,000 people and causing widespread destruction. It triggered a tsunami that killed thousands more people along the coasts of Portugal, Spain, and Morocco.
This 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, killing over 9,000 people and causing widespread destruction.
This 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Bam, Iran, killing over 26,000 people and causing widespread destruction.