Re: World's Deadliest Natural Disasters

[socialworker indian]

Dear Sanket,

It is really very good information that you have given regarding  world's deadliest natural disasters. This is a helpful and rare information.

Mr. Sanket and other group members, Can I request you all to share and exchange information and our experiences related to our work in particular and social work in general.

Hoping to have more vibrant and live discussion....

 

Indian Social Worker
 

On 2/27/06, sanket kashid <sanket_...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

Some of the world's deadliest natural disasters — including earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions — since the start of the last century:

 

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Dec 28,1908 - A magnitude-7.2 earthquake kills 123,000 people in the Messina-Reggio Calabria area of eastern Sicily and southernmost Italy.

 

Jan 13,1915

- A 7.5-magnitude earthquake kills 29,980 in Avezzano, Italy.

 

Dec 16, 1920

- Gansu, China is hit by an 8.6-magnitude earthquake that kills 200,000 people.

 

Sept 1,1923

- An temblor of 8.3 magnitude in Japan destroys one-third of Tokyo and most of Yokohama. More than 140,000 are killed.

 

May 22,1927

- An earthquake reaching 7.9 magnitude hits near Xining, China and kills approximately 200,000.

 

Dec 25, 1932

- Approximately 70,000 people are killed when an earthquake reaching 7.6 magnitude hits China's Gansu region.

 

May 30,1935

- A magnitude 7.5 temblor strikes Quetta, Pakistan, killing more than 30,000 people.

 

Jan 24,1939

- An earthquake of 8.3 magnitude in Chile kills roughly 28,000 people.

 

Dec 27,1939

- More than 32,000 die in the Erzincan province in eastern Turkey during a 7.9-magnitude quake.

 

Oct 5,1948

- An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude in Turkmenistan kills over 110,000 people.

 

Aug 15,1950

- Up to 30,000 are estimated to have been killed in an earthquake of 8.6 magnitude in Assam, India.

 

May 31,1970

- An earthquake reaching a magnitude of 7.9 in Peru leaves over 60,000 dead.

 

Nov 13,1970

- A cyclone in the Ganges Delta of Bangladesh kills at least 300,000 people.

 

Feb 4, 1976

- A series of earthquakes reaching a magnitude of 7.5 in Guatemala leave over 23,000 dead.

 

July 28, 1976

- An earthquake with a magnitude estimated at between 7.8 and 8.2 strikes China's Tangshan region, killing more than 240,000.

 

Sept 16,1978

- An earthquake of 7.7 magnitude in Tabas, Iran kills 25,000 people.

 

Nov 14-16,1985

- Volcanic eruption of Nevada del Ruiz near Bogota, Colombia, kills approximately 25,000 people.

 

Dec 7, 1988

- A 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Armenia kills nearly 25,000.

 

June 21,1990

- An earthquake of 7.7 magnitude in northwest Iran destroys cities and villages in Caspian Sea area and kills at least 50,000 people.

 

Sept 3Or 1993

- As many as 10,000 are killed from an earthquake of 6.0 magnitude that struck the state of Maharashtra in India.

 

Aug 17,1999

- More than 17,000 are killed as a magnitude- 7.4 quake hits western Turkey.

 

Dec 26, 2003

- More than 26,000 killed by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that strikes the ancient historic city of Bam in southeast Iran.

 

Dec 26, 2004

- A 9.0 earthquake off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island launches tsunami waves that slam shorelines in Asia and Africa, leaving at least 216,000 people dead or missing.

 

Oct 8, 2005

- A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Kashmir, killing some 87,000 people on the Pakistani and Indian sides of the divided Himalayan region.

 

 

 

 

Sanket

 

 

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