The earth is made up of many plates all overlapping, when the rub against each other, due to the build up of force underneath, this causes an earthquake. The plates are large and don't run through some ccuontries. However one thing is for sure, that when one strikes, the people inhabitating the area- like in Haiti- live's will never be the same
The 1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake in India resulted in approximately 1,500 fatalities.
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area resulted in 63 fatalities.
The 1994 earthquake in Bolivia resulted in approximately 67 fatalities.
The Christchurch earthquake that occurred on February 22, 2011, had a magnitude of 6.3. It caused significant damage to buildings and infrastructure in the city, resulting in 185 fatalities and numerous injuries.
In the earthquake that occurred on the 27th of February 2010, official figures released on the 15th of May 2010 state that there were 521 confirmed fatalities with 56 missing. In the earthquake that occurred on the 22nd of May 1960, estimates range from 2231, 3000, or 5700 fatalities with estimates from other sources as high as 6000 dead. Please see the related links.
Capsizing causes the most fatalities.
Capsizing causes the most fatalities.
Capsizing causes the most fatalities.
The 2004 earthquake in Mindoro, Philippines, resulted in around 78 fatalities.
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The earthquake "Shaanxi" in China in January 1956 is considered as the deadliest earthquake ever, with 820,000-830,000 fatalities.
The 1865 earthquake in Memphis is estimated to have caused around 15 fatalities.
The 1950 Assam-Tibet earthquake in India resulted in approximately 1,500 fatalities.
There are multiple small earthquakes in Turkey each day but most of those are not felt. There is a major earthquake (magnitude 6+) every one to two years.Most recent large earthquake:2010 Mar 08 - Eastern Turkey - M 6.1 Fatalities 42Largest recorded magnitude in Turkey:1668 Aug 17 - Anatolia, Turkey - M 8.0 Fatalities 8,000Most fatalities:1939 Dec 26 - Erzincan, Turkey - M 7.8 Fatalities 32,700
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