Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes, 2005

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff
Date Region Magnitude Number
killed
Jan. 23 Sulawesi, Indonesia 6.2 1
Jan. 25 Turkey-Iraq Border Region 5.9 2
Feb. 2 Java, Indonesia 4.8 1
Feb. 5 Celebes Sea 7.1 2
Feb. 22 Central Iran 6.4 612
March 9 South Africa 5.0 2
March 20 Kyushu, Japan 6.6 1
March 28 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 8.7 1,313
May 3 Western Iran 4.9 4
June 4 Eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea 6.1 1
June 13 Tarapaca, Chile 7.8 11
July 5 South Africa 2.7 1
July 25 Heilongjiang, China 5.0 1
Sept. 26 Northern Peru 7.5 5
Oct. 8 Pakistan 7.6 87,351
Oct. 15 Pakistan 5.1 2
Oct. 20 Near the Coast of Western Turkey 5.9 1
Oct. 27 Guangxi, China 4.6 1
Nov. 8 South China Sea 5.2 1
Nov. 26 Hubei-Jiangxi Border Region, China 5.2 16
Nov. 27 Southern Iran 6.0 13
Dec. 5 Lake Tanganyika Region, Congo and Tanzania 6.8 6
Dec. 12 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 6.5 5
Dec. 14 Uttaranchal, India 5.3 1
Total     89,354
1. As of April 11, 2006.
Source: National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey. Web: neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/mag7.html

 

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