MOROCCO: More than 2,100 people have died as a result of the earthquake that hit Morocco late on Friday, and the number is only expected to rise as rescuers reach the hardest-hit remote mountain districts.
September 8, 2023: A 6.8-magnitude tremor kills more than 2,100 people in Morocco.
February 6, 2023: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake kills more than 55,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
More than 8,800 people were killed in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal.
March 11, 2011: A 9.0 earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan triggered a tsunami that killed more than 18,400 people.
January 12, 2010: A 7.0 magnitude earthquake kills over 100,000 people in Haiti. The government estimated a staggering 316,000 dead, but the scale of the destruction made an accurate count impossible.
May 12, 2008: A 7.9-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Sichuan, China, killing over 87,500 people.
May 27, 2006: More than 5,700 people died when a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java.
October 8, 2005: A 7.6 magnitude earthquake kills over 80,000 people in Pakistan’s Kashmir region.
December 26, 2004: A 9.1-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed about 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
December 26, 2003: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits southeastern Iran, killing more than 20,000.
January 26, 2001: A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits Gujarat, India, killing up to 20,000 people.
August 17, 1999: A 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits Izmit, Turkiye, killing about 18,000 people.
