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THE 10 WORST EARHQUAKES



LOCATION                                             DATE                                KILLED

1.  Near East/Mediterranean                     20 May 1202                1,100,000
2.  Shenshi, China                                     02 Feb 1556                    820,000
3.  Calcutta, India                                     11 Oct 1737                     300,000
4.  Ahtioch, Syria                                      20 May 526                     250,000
5.  Tangshan, China                                   28 Jul 1976                      242,419
6.  Port-au-Prince, Haiti                            12 Jan 2010                     230,000
7.  Nan-shan, China                                  22 May 1927                   200,000
8.  Yeddo, China                                       30 Dec 1703                    190,000
9.  Kansu, China                                       16 Dec 1920                    180,000
10.Messina, Italy                                       28 Dec 1908                    160,000

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