Here are some of the world’s deadliest earthquakes in the past 25 years:
but that number is expected to rise as rescuers working in cold and snow look for trapped people in the rubble of toppled buildings.— June 22, 2022: In Afghanistan, more than 1,100 people die in magnitude 6.1 earthquake.— Sept. 28, 2018: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Indonesia, triggering a tsunami and killing more than 4,300 people.— March 11, 2011: A magnitude 9.0 quake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing nearly 20,000 people.
— May 12, 2008: A magnitude 7.9 quake strikes eastern Sichuan in China, resulting in over 87,500 deaths.
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