On February 6, 2023, a major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria of magnitude 7.8, killing more than 4300 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors
June 22, 2022: In Afghanistan, more than 1,100 people die in magnitude 6.1 earthquake.
August 14, 2021: In Haiti, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake kills more than 2,200 people.
September 28, 2018: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Indonesia, killing more than 4,300 people.
April 25, 2015: In Nepal, more than 8,800 people are killed by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
March 11, 2011: A magnitude 9.0 quake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing nearly 20,000 people.
January 12, 2010: In Haiti, a staggering 316,000 people are killed by a magnitude 7.0 quake, according to government estimates.
May 12, 2008: A magnitude 7.9 quake strikes eastern Sichuan in China, resulting in over 87,500 deaths.
May 26, 2006: More than 5,700 people die when a magnitude 6.3 quake hits the island of Java, Indonesia.