A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkey and Syria on Monday,
killing thousands of people.
Here is a list of the world’s deadliest earthquakes since 2000:
June 22, 2022:
In Afghanistan
, more than 1,100 people die in a 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.
August 24, 2016:
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake
in central Italy
kills more than 300 people.
April 25, 2015:
In Nepal, more than 8,800 people are killed by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
August 3, 2014:
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake near Wenping in southern China’s Yunnan province kills more than 700 people.
September 24, 2013:
A magnitude 7.7 quake strikes southwest Pakistan, killing more than 800 people.
March 11, 2011:
A magnitude 9 quake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing more than 20,000 people.
February 27, 2010:
A magnitude 8.8 quake shakes Chile, generating a tsunami and killing 524 people.
January 12, 2010:
In Haiti, 316,000 people die in a magnitude 7 quake, according to government estimates.
September 30, 2009:
More than 1,100 people die when a magnitude 7.5 quake hits southern Sumatra in Indonesia.
April 6, 2009:
A magnitude 6.3 quake kills more than 300 people in and around L’Aquila, Italy.
May 12, 2008:
A magnitude 7.9 quake strikes eastern Sichuan in China, resulting in more than 87,500 deaths.
August 15, 2007:
A magnitude 8 earthquake near the coast of central Peru kills more than 500 people.
May 26, 2006:
More than 5,700 people die when a magnitude 6.3 quake hits the Indonesian island of Java.
October 8, 2005:
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake kills more than 80,000 people in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
March 28, 2005:
A magnitude 8.6 quake in northern Sumatra in Indonesia kills about 1,300 people.
December 26, 2004:
A magnitude 9.1 quake in Indonesia triggers a tsunami across the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
December 26, 2003:
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits southeastern Iran, resulting in 50,000 deaths.
May 21, 2003:
More than 2,200 people are killed in a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Algeria.
March 25, 2002:
About 1,000 people are killed in a magnitude 6.1 quake in northern Afghanistan.
January 26, 2001:
A magnitude 7.7 quake strikes Gujarat, India, killing 20,000 people.