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Anonymous ID: b703ec May 11, 2019, 7:56 a.m. No.6471081   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Fascinating pattern.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-quake-global-idUSKBN1DD257

 

Timeline: World's 14 deadliest earthquakes of last decade

 

  • Sept 19, 2017 - MEXICO - A 7.1 magnitude quake hits central Mexico, killing at least 369 people, causing more devastation in the capital than any since the 1985 earthquake that killed thousands.

 

  • Aug 24, 2016 - ITALY - A 6.2 magnitude quake strikes a cluster of mountain communities 140 km (85 miles) east of Rome in central Italy, killing about 300 people.

 

  • Apr 16, 2016 - ECUADOR - A devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake smashes Ecuador, killing more than 650 people along the country’s ravaged Pacific coast.

 

  • Oct 26, 2015 - AFGHANISTAN - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocks the Afghan northeast, killing nearly 400 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan.

 

  • Apr 25, 2015 - NEPAL - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake ravages impoverished Nepal, killing nearly 9,000 people and disrupting the lives of more than eight million people.

 

  • Aug 3, 2014 - CHINA - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake devastates southwestern China, killing at least 600 people in a remote area of Yunnan province.

 

  • Sept 24, 2013 - PAKISTAN - Twin earthquakes, measuring 7.7 and 6.8 magnitude, strike Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, killing at least 825 people.

 

  • Aug 11, 2012 - IRAN - Two strong quakes, measuring 6.4 magnitude and 6.3 respectively, kill at least 300 people near the city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran.

 

  • Oct 23, 2011 - TURKEY - A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake shakes southeast Turkey, killing more than 600 people.

 

  • March 11, 2011 - JAPAN - A 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami strikes Japan’s northeast, killing about 15,690 people and injuring 5,700. The earthquake also triggers the world’s biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.

 

  • Feb 22, 2011 - NEW ZEALAND - A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Christchurch, killing at least 180 people and causing an estimated NZ$15 billion ($12 billion) of damage.

 

  • Feb 27, 2010 - CHILE - An 8.8 magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami in Chile kill more than 500 people and cause some $30 billion in damage, wrecking hundreds of thousands of homes and mangling highways and bridges.