– June 2022 in Afghanistan: More than 1,100 people died in a magnitude 6.1 earthquake.

– August 2021 in Haiti: More than 2,200 people were killed in a magnitude 7.2 earthquake.

– September 2018 in Indonesia: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake triggered a tsunami, killing more than 4,300 people.

– April 2015 in Nepal: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed more than 8,800 people.

– March 2011 in Japan: A magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami, killing nearly 20,000 people.

– January 2010 in Haiti: A magnitude 7.0 quake killed hundreds of thousands of people. Estimates for the death toll range significantly. The United Nations says about 220,000 people were killed, while the Haitian government estimates put the number at a staggering 316,000 dead.

– May 2008 in China: A magnitude 7.9 quake killed more than 87,500 people.

– May 2006 in Indonesia: More than 5,700 people died from a magnitude 6.3 quake.

– October 2005 in Pakistan: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake killed more than 80,000 people.

– March 2005 in Indonesia: About 1,300 people died from a magnitude 8.6 quake.

– December 2004 in Indonesia: A magnitude 9.1 quake triggered an Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed about 230,000 people in a dozen countries.

– December 2003 in Iran: More than 20,000 people died from a magnitude 6.6 earthquake.

– May 2003 in Algeria: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake killed more than 2,200 people.

– January 2001 in India: A magnitude 7.6 quake killed as many as 20,000 people.

– August 1999 in Turkey: 18,000 people died from a magnitude 7.6 earthquake.

– May 1998 in Afghanistan: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake killed more than 4,000 people.

The biggest earthquake ever recorded was in 1960 when a magnitude 9.5 quake struck Chile. Named the Valdivia earthquake after the city most affected by the quake, it left 2 million people without homes, injured at least 3,000, and killed around 1,655.

An earthquake can actually tell us a lot about Earth’s interior, including where different geological layers are located. When seismometers around the world detect seismic waves, they record their velocities, which tell scientists a great deal about the composition, temperature, and pressure of the material through which the waves have traveled.

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