The world’s deadliest

earthquakes
Presented by Team 7
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01 - Shaanxi, China 02 - Port-au-

Prince, Haiti
We will talk about this first. We will talk about this
second.

03 - Tangshan, China 04 - Sumatra,

After that we will talk about Indonesia
this. Lastly, we will talk about
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this.
 Shaanxi, China
A landlocked province of the People's Republic of China..

Shaanxi covers an area of over 205,000 km2 (79,151 sq mi) with

about 37 million people, the 16th highest in China.
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 It occurred on the morning of 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi,
during the Ming Dynasty.
More than 97 counties in the provinces of Shaanxi were affected.
The death toll was unfathomable, an estimated 830,000 people died from what
scientists estimate was an 8.0 quake.
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 Did you know?
An 840-kilometre (520 mi)-wide area was
destroyed
60% of the population was killed in some
counties
Destruction and death were everywhere,
affecting places as far as 500 kilometers
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Triggered landslides -> massive death
toll
Occurred during the reign of the Jiajing
Emperor of the Ming Dynasty -> the
Jiajing Great Earthquake
A magnitude of approximately 8 on the
moment magnitude scale or XI on the
Mercalli scale
 Even if the number of deaths caused by the Shaanxi
earthquake has been overestimated slightly, it would
still rank as the worst disaster in history by a
considerable margin. 
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 Tangshan, China
A coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the
northeast of Hebei province
Located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and
the northeastern part of the North China Plain.
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 - On July 28, 1976
- A magnitude of 7.5
- Located about 68
miles (110 km) east of
Beijing

The earthquake risk had been greatly underestimated meaning almost all buildings and structures were
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designed and built without seismic considerations.

 The death toll,
Thought to be one of the largest in
recorded history, was officially
reported as 242,000 people, but it
could have been as high as 655,000
people.

At least 700,000 more people were

injured, and property damage was
extensive, reaching all the way to
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Beijing.
 The majority of the fatalities were
caused by the collapse of
unreinforced brick buildings.
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There was even a movie about this
deadly earthquake. It called
Aftershock, released in China in
2010   
 Port-au-Prince, Haiti
The capital and most populous city of Haiti.

Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world — the only 

low-income country in the Americas. With nearly 
60% of the population living below the poverty line, many
children are hungry.
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 Did you know?
The earthquake hit at 4:53 pm on January 12
approximately 15 miles (25 km) southwest of the Haitian capital of Port-au-
Prince
A magnitude of 7.0 and was soon followed by two aftershocks
of magnitudes 5.9 and 5.5
More aftershocks occurred in the following days, including another one of
magnitude 5.9 that struck on January 20 at Petit Goâve

Haiti had not been hit by an earthquake of such enormity since

the 18th century
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The closest in force being a 1984 shock of magnitude 6.9.

 Devastated the metropolitan area of
Port-au-Prince and left an estimated
1.5 million survivors homeless.

More than 50,000 homes were destroyed and

another 77,000 damaged.
60 places of worship, 20 schools, and 25 health
centers were among the buildings destroyed or
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damaged
 The death toll

How many people died in the 2010 Haiti

earthquake?
An estimated 250,000 people died in the 2010
Haiti earthquake. At least another 300,000
people were injured.

In addition,
48 foster homes, which care for 1,700 children,
were damaged.
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 The Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
December 26, 2004,
An undersea earthquake with a
magnitude of 9.1 struck off the
coast of the Indonesian island of
Sumatra
Triggered by the
earthquake
Reached out across the Indian
Ocean, devastating coastal areas
as far as East Africa
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A massive tsunami
The earthquake caused the ocean
floor to suddenly rise
At least 225,000 people
In all, the tsunami killed at least
225,000 people across a dozen
countries
Next 8 hours
A tsunami - series of immense
ocean waves
One of the deadliest
disasters
With Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India,
Maldives and Thailand sustaining
massive damage, making it one of
the deadliest disasters in modern
history
 The aftermath of the December 2004 tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia.
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