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Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes,
2001
| Date |
Region |
Magnitude |
Number
killed1 |
| Jan. 13 |
El Salvador |
7.7 |
852 |
| Jan. 26 |
Gujarat, India |
7.7 |
20,023 |
| Feb. 13 |
El Salvador |
6.6 |
315 |
| Feb. 17 |
El Salvador |
4.1 |
1 |
| Feb. 23 |
Sichuan, China |
5.6 |
3 |
| March 24 |
W. Honshu, Japan |
6.8 |
2 |
| April 19 |
Yunnan, China |
5.6 |
2 |
| May 8 |
El Salvador |
5.4 |
1 |
| May 23 |
Sichuan, China |
5.3 |
2 |
| June 1 |
Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan |
5.0 |
4 |
| June 21 |
Germany |
4.2 |
1 |
| June 23 |
Near coast of Peru |
8.4 |
139 |
| July 7 |
Near coast of Peru |
7.6 |
1 |
| July 7 |
Northern Italy |
4.7 |
4 |
| July 24 |
Northern Chile |
6.3 |
1 |
| Aug. 9 |
Central Peru |
5.5 |
4 |
| Oct. 27 |
Yunnan, China |
5.7 |
1 |
| Dec. 4 |
Southern Peru |
5.8 |
2 |
|
Total
|
|
|
21,358
|
1. Includes “missing and presumed
dead.”
Source: National Earthquake Information
Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
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