A strong earthquake of 7.6 magnitude occurred in Japan on the first day of the New Year. After the earthquake, now the danger of tsunami is looming in this country. According to information given by government broadcaster NHK, tsunami waves about 0.8 meters high have been reported in Toyama city of Japan. At the same time, 1.2 meter high waves have hit Wajima Port. Let us tell you in this article how many people have died due to earthquake in the world till now.
Data from 1998 to 2017
According to data released by the World Health Organization, from 1988 to 2017, approximately 750,000 people died due to earthquakes all over the world. Whereas about 125 million people were seriously affected by earthquakes during this period. If we talk about recent major earthquakes, Nepal’s earthquake was the biggest. On November 3, 2023, an earthquake of 6.4 magnitude occurred in Nepal, more than 70 people lost their lives in this earthquake.
The fear of 2011 continues to haunt me
After the strong earthquake of 7.6 magnitude, the people of Japan are now afraid of the accident of 2011. In fact, the tsunami that occurred after the earthquake on March 11 in 2011 shook the whole of Japan. About 18 thousand people were killed in this tsunami. The entire north-eastern Japan was destroyed in this tsunami, everything from houses to roads was destroyed.
world’s biggest earthquakes
The world’s largest earthquake occurred in Valdivia, Chile. The intensity of this earthquake was said to be 9.5. About 1655 people died in this earthquake. Whereas, the tsunami caused by this earthquake caused the death of 61 people in Hawaii, 138 in Japan and 32 in the Philippines. The second largest earthquake in the world occurred in Alaska. The intensity of this earthquake was 9.2. People felt this earthquake for three minutes. 128 people lost their lives in this. Whereas the third largest earthquake occurred in Sumatra-Andaman Islands in December 2004. Whose intensity was 9.1. The tsunami that occurred after this earthquake took the lives of 3 lakh people.
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