Century’s most deadly natural disasters

The devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb 6 have killed at least 21,000 people, becoming the seventh most deadly natural disaster of this century
 

2010 Haiti earthquake   		316,000
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami 	228,000
2008 Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis		138,000
87,600	2008 China, Sichuan quake		
86,000	2005 Pakistan quake* 
31,000 	2003 Iran, Bam quake
21,000+ 2023 Turkey-Syria quakes
20,900  2011 Japan quake/tsunami 
20,100. 2001 India, Gujarat quake
9,000   2015 Nepal quake

UN warns full extent of casualties in Turkey-Syria quakes still unclear

Excludes 2003 and 2022 European heatwaves 

*Indian-administered Kashmir also affected
  

Sources: USGS, Reuters 
Picture: Getty Images 
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