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2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.8 earthquake, ~525 fatalities and unknown number of injuries, none in the United States 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 9.0 earthquake, 15,850–28,000 fatalities and 6,011 injured, one fatality and unknown number of injuries in the United States
The following list compiles known earthquakes that have caused one or more fatalities since 1900. The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources.
Second-deadliest disaster in United States history. Deadliest drug epidemic in United States history. 700,000 [3] 1981 – present HIV/AIDS in the United States: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated. Third-deadliest disaster in United States history. 675,000 [4] 1918 – 1920 1918 influenza pandemic: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated.
That’s also where South Carolina’s most powerful recent earthquakes were recorded on June 29, 2022. ... east coast of the United States — was a devastating 7.3 in Charleston in 1886. That ...
The largest quake was a magnitude 3.9 that struck at 4:05 p.m. Saturday, ... A separate swarm of earthquakes occurred a week ago, about 40 miles southeast of the most recent quake activity.
— USGS Earthquakes (@USGS_Quakes) April 5, 2024 According to the Geological Survey, Friday's 4.8 magnitude earthquake was the strongest to hit New Jersey in nearly 250 years.
United States, Georgia, 7 km (4.3 mi) east of Stillmore: 3.9 0.8 IV It is the largest earthquake to hit the state since 2014. [332] On Hutchinson Island, the earthquake caused land to slump into the Savannah River, seriously damaging the parking garage of a dock situated above. [333] — — 19 [334]
Up to 66,900 people died from earthquakes in 2023, the highest death toll for earthquakes since 2010. At least 59,488 people died in the Turkey–Syria doublets of February, which dominated world headlines because of its extensive devastation; the first mainshock was also the largest earthquake of the year at M w 7.8.