Pak Sahafat – The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria at dawn on Monday is one of the 10 deadliest earthquakes of the 21st century.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency from the French news agency, the first deadly earthquake of the new century goes back to the 9.1 magnitude earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, which occurred on December 24, 2004, and during which 230,000 people died, including 170,000 in Indonesia alone.
Following this earthquake, there was a strong tsunami whose wave speed reached 700 kilometers per hour and a height of 30 kilometers.
- Haiti earthquake with 200 thousand dead
On January 12, 2010 (at 16:53:09 local time), a 7-magnitude earthquake shook the island country of Haiti in the Atlantic Ocean, whose epicenter was 15 kilometers south of Port-au-Prince, the capital of this country.
In addition to cutting off Haiti’s communication with the whole world for 24 hours, this earthquake left 200,000 dead.
- Earthquake in Sichuan, China with 87 thousand dead
On May 12, 2008, at 14:28 local time, an earthquake occurred in Sichuan Province, China, and according to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude of this earthquake was 7.8.
The epicenter of this earthquake was 92 km northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, and at a depth of 10 km underground.
- Pakistan earthquake with 73 thousand dead
This earthquake occurred on October 8, 2005 in the northwestern region of Pakistan and Kashmir region, and 73 thousand people were killed during it.
The depth of this earthquake was 19.1 km and its magnitude was 7.6 Richter.
- Earthquake hit Iran with 45 thousand dead
The Bam earthquake was a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that shook the city of Bam and its surrounding areas in the east of Kerman province at 5:26 am on Friday (December 26, 2003) for 12 seconds, during which 45,000 people were killed. .
- Earthquake in Turkey and Syria / more than 20 thousand dead so far
On Monday, February 6, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale shook near the Turkish city of Ghazi Entep on the border with Syria, during which the Kami neighborhoods of the cities of southeastern Turkey and northern Syria were turned into rubble.
The death toll from this earthquake has been announced as more than 20,000 people, of which more than 17,600 were in Turkey.
- Earthquake in Gujarat, India with 20,000 dead
This earthquake occurred on January 26, 2001 at 3:16:40 local time in the Gujarat region of western India, during which more than 20,000 people were killed.
In this earthquake, whose depth was 16 km and magnitude 7.6 Richter, buildings were destroyed throughout the state.
- Japan earthquake with more than 18 thousand dead
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami was an earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 with a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale at 14:46 local time near Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan.
This earthquake, which lasted for 173 seconds, killed 18,500 people.
- Nepal earthquake with more than 9 thousand dead
This earthquake on April 25, 2015, which had a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, killed 9,000 people and crippled the lives of eight million others.
This earthquake occurred in Gorkha region of Nepal. The depth of this earthquake is 15 km and its epicenter is in a mountainous area in the north of the city of Gorkha, near the Chinese border and 75 km northwest of Kathmandu. The capital was located.
- Earthquake in Java, Indonesia with about 6 thousand dead
This earthquake, which occurred on May 26, 2006 in the Indonesian island of Java, left about 6 thousand dead. The intensity of this earthquake was 6.3 degrees on the Richter scale and it occurred at 6 am local time near the densely populated city of Yogyakarta.
This earthquake displaced more than 420,000 people and destroyed 157,000 houses.