Major earthquakes around the world
Sunday, December 26 2004 17:38 Hrs (IST) - World Time - 
Major earthquakes around the world since early last century:
Dec. 26, 2003: South-eastern Iran, Bam, magnitude 6.5; More than 41,000 killed.
May 21, 2003: Northern Algeria, magnitude 6.8; Nearly 2,300 killed.
March 25, 2002: Northern Afghanistan, magnitude 5.8; up to 1,000 killed.
Jan. 26, 2001: India, magnitude 7.9; at least 2,500 killed. Estimates put death toll as high as 13,000.
Spotlight: Tidal waves hit South AsiaSept. 21, 1999: Taiwan, magnitude 7.6; 2,400 killed.
Aug. 17, 1999: Western Turkey, magnitude 7.4; 17,000 killed.
Jan. 25, 1999: Western Colombia, magnitude 6; 1,171 killed.
May 30, 1998: Northern Afghanistan and Tajikistan, magnitude 6.9; 5,000 killed.
Jan. 17, 1995: Kobe, Japan, magnitude 7.2; more than 6,000 killed.
Sept. 30, 1993: Latur, India, magnitude 6.0; as many as 10,000 killed.
June 21, 1990: North-west Iran, magnitude 7.3-7.7; 50,000 killed.
Dec. 7, 1988: North-west Armenia, magnitude 6.9; 25,000 killed.
Sept. 19, 1985: Central Mexico, magnitude 8.1; more than 9,500 killed.
Sept. 16, 1978: North-east Iran, magnitude 7.7; 25,000 killed.
July 28, 1976: Tangshan, China; magnitude 7.8-8.2; 240,000 killed.
Feb. 4, 1976: Guatemala, magnitude 7.5; 22,778 killed.
Feb. 29, 1960: South-west Atlantic coast in Morocco; magnitude 5.7; some 12,000 killed, town of Agadir destroyed.
Dec. 26, 1939: Erzincan province, Turkey, magnitude 7.9; 33,000 killed.
Jan. 24, 1939: Chillan, Chile, magnitude 8.3; 28,000 killed.
May 31, 1935: Quetta, India, magnitude 7.5; 50,000 killed.
Sept. 1, 1923: Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan, magnitude 8.3; at least 140,000 killed.
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