Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes, 2002

Date	Region	Magnitude	Number killed¹
Jan. 9	Tajikistan	5.2	3
Jan. 10	Papua New Guinea	6.7	1
Jan. 20	Dem. Rep. of Congo	4.7	Several
Jan. 22	Crete, Greece	6.3	1
Feb. 3	Turkey	6.5	44
Feb. 17	Southern Iran	5.4	1
March 3	Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan	7.4	166
March 5	Mindanao, Philippines	7.5	15
March 25	Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan	6.1	1,000
March 31	Taiwan	7.1	5
April 1	Papua New Guinea	5.9	36
April 12	Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan	5.9	50
April 22	Near coast of Peru	4.4	1
April 24	Northwestern Balkan region	5.7	1
April 24	Western Iran	4.9	2
April 25	Northwestern Caucasus	4.7	5
May 15	Taiwan	6.2	1
May 18	Lake Victoria Region	5.5	2
June 22	Western Iran	6.5	261
Sept. 6	Sicily, Italy	5.9	2
Sept. 8	Papua New Guinea	7.6	4
Sept. 13	Andaman Islands	6.5	2
Oct. 10	Irian Jaya, Indonesia	7.6	6
Oct. 24	Dem. Rep. of Congo	6.2	2
Oct. 31	Southern Italy	5.9	29
Nov. 1	Northwestern Kashmir	5.4	12
Nov. 2	Sumatra, Indonesia	7.4	3
Nov. 20	Northwestern Kashmir	6.4	19
Dec. 14	Gansu, China	5.6	2
Total			1,712

1. Includes “missing and presumed dead.”

Source: National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey.

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