Major Earthquakes

Major earthquakes throughout history  in pictures

                   1906: USA(California, San Francisco). RichterScale:7.0 : Deaths-3000, Cost($m):524

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                 

                    1908: Italy(Messina). RichterScale:7.5 : Deaths-25,926, Cost($m):116               

 

1988: Armenia (Spitak). Richter scale: 6.9, Deaths: 25,000 Cost ($m): 14,000 

                               1939: Chile (Concepcion). Richter scale: 8.3, Deaths: 28,000, Cost ($m): 100

2010: Chile (Maule Region). Richter scale: 8.8, Deaths: 486

     2008: Sichuan Province. Richter scale: 8.0, Deaths: 68,000, Cost ($m): 20,000

                                                          2011: Japan. Richter scale: 8.9.

1976: Guatemala (Guatemala City). Richter scale: 7.5, Deaths: 22,084, Cost ($m): 1,100

2004: Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Richter scale: 9.2, Deaths: 230,000

1960: Morocco (Agadir). Richter scale: 5.9, Deaths: 12,000, Cost ($m): 120

                1936: Pakistan (Quetta). Richter scale: 7.5, Deaths: 35,000, Cost ($m): 25

            1970: Peru (Chimbote). Richter scale: 7.7, Deaths: 67,000, Cost ($m): 550

              1939: Turkey (Erzincan). Richter scale: 8.0, Deaths: 36,740, Cost ($m): 20