Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes, 2010
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
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The following table gives the number of people who died in earthquakes in 2010. The magnitude of each earthquake is also shown. Magnitudes listed are moment magnitudes, the newest, most uniformly applicable magnitude scale.
Date | Region | Magnitude | Number killed |
---|---|---|---|
Jan. 12 | Haiti | 7.0 | 222,570 |
Feb. 27 | Maule region, Chile | 8.8 | 521 |
March 8 | Turkey | 6.1 | 57 |
April 14 | Qinghai, China | 6.9 | 2,698 |
Oct. 25 | Sumatra, Indonesia | 7.7 | 435 |
Source: various