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Haiti quake death toll surpasses 111,000

First official death toll release by the Haitian government on Friday following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010.

Deadliest Earthquakes arranged by Death Toll, Event, Location and Date:

830,000 1556 Shaanxi earthquake China 1556
250,000 526 Antioch earthquake Antioch, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) 526
242,000 1976 Tangshan earthquake China 1976
240,000 1920 Haiyuan earthquake China 1920
230,000 1138 Aleppo earthquake Syria 1138
230,000 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Asia 2004
200,000 856 Damghan earthquake Iran 856
150,000 893 Ardabil earthquake Iran 893
142,800 1923 Great Kanto earthquake Japan 1923
137,000 1730 Hokkaido earthquake Japan 1730
111,481 2010 Haiti earthquake Haiti 2010
110,000 1948 Ashgabat earthquake Turkmenistan 1948
100,000 Messina earthquake Italy 1908
100,000 1755 Lisbon earthquake Portugal 1755
100,000 1290 Chihli earthquake China 1290
86,000 2005 Kashmir earthquake Pakistan 2005
85,000 1854 Great Ansei Nankai earthquakes Japan 1854
80,000 1667 Shamakhi earthquake Azerbaijan 1667
77,000 1727 Tabriz Earthquake Iran 1727
70,000 1932 Changma, Gansu earthquake China 1932
69,197 2008 Sichuan earthquake China 2008
66,000 Ancash earthquake Peru 1970
60,000 Sicily earthquake Italy 1693
60,000 1935 Balochistan earthquake British India 1935
50,000 Calabrian earthquakes Italy 1783
40,000 1927 Gulang, Gansu earthquake China 1927
40,000 1498 Meio- Nankai, Japan earthquake Japan 1498
40,000 1797 Quito earthquake Ecuador 1797
37,000 Genroku earthquake Japan 1703
35,000 1990 Manjil Rudbar earthquake Iran 1990
32,962 1939 Erzincan earthquake Turkey 1939
30,000 1707 Great Ho-ei Earthquake Japan 1707
30,000 2003 Bam earthquake Iran 2003
25,000 1988 Spitak Earthquake Armenia 1988
25,000 1978 Tabas earthquake Iran 1978
23,700 Kamakura earthquake Japan 1293
23,000 1976 Guatemala earthquake Guatemala 1976
20,000 Gujarat earthquake India 2001
20,000 1812 Caracas earthquake Venezuela 1812
20,000 1939 Chillán earthquake Chile 1939
18,000 1949 Khait earthquake Tajikistan 1949
17,118 Izmit earthquake Turkey 1999
15,000 1960 Agadir earthquake Morocco 1960
12,225 1962 Bou’in-Zahra earthquake Iran 1962
10,700 1934 Bihar earthquake India 1934
10,000 Apennine earthquakes Italy 1703
10,000 1944 San Juan earthquake Argentina 1944
9,748 1993 Latur earthquake India 1993
9,500 1985 Mexico City earthquake Mexico 1985
9,000 1933 Diexi earthquake China 1933
8,064 1966 Xingtai earthquake China 1966
7,000 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquake Iran 1968
6,433 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake Japan 1995
6,000 1960 Valdivia earthquake Chile 1960
6,000 1861 Mendoza earthquake Argentina 1861
5,300 1974 Hunza earthquake Pakistan 1974
5,000 1972 Managua earthquake Nicaragua 1972
4,000 1945 Balochistan earthquake British India 1945
3,894 1948 Fukui earthquake Japan 1948
3,000 1933 Sanriku earthquake Japan 1933
3,000 1906 San Francisco earthquake United States 1906

Source: Wikipedia: List of natural disasters

Some suggested places donate:
American Red Cross
Physicians for Peace
Unicef

Suggested Reading: My Nephew Nicholas’ excellent article on the Haiti quake: ‘Kléré tankou flanbo sou tè-a

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4 thoughts on “Haiti quake death toll surpasses 111,000

  1. Chris Hull says:

    I had no idea of the amount of people killed over the years in earthquakes!

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  2. Cindy says:

    Neither did I Chris, interesting and sad.

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  3. Mike Harry says:

    some of my friends who work in haiti were also victimized by that terrible earthquake.,, i was very thankful that they only suffered minor scratches.

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  4. Cindy says:

    Mike, glad there were no serious injuries among you friends. Lucky! Thanks for your comment.

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