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The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Morocco this Friday (8) left more than a thousand dead. The tragedy evokes other major earthquakes that devastated entire cities and buried thousands of lives.

Earthquakes and tsunamis with the greatest impact, which shook different areas of the planet:

— February 6, 2023: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Turkey and Syria. The epicenter is located 23 kilometers east of Nurdagi, in the Turkish province of Gaziantep. More than 50,000 people died and tens of thousands were injured.

— November 21, 2022: A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits the Cianjur region of West Java, Indonesia, killing more than 334 people.

— June 22, 2022: A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan. More than 1,000 people died and at least 1,500 were injured.

— August 14, 2021: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake shakes southwestern Haiti. Two days later, Tropical Storm Grace brings strong winds and heavy rain to the same region, complicating relief efforts. Approximately 2,248 people died and 12,763 were injured.

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— September 28, 2018: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake shakes the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. More than 2,100 people died and 1,300 disappeared due to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

— November 12, 2017: A 7.3 magnitude earthquake shakes the border region between Iraq and Iran. More than 600 people die.

— September 19, 2017: A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City and neighboring states, leaving at least 369 people dead.

— August 24, 2016: a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits central Italy, leaving at least 290 people dead.

— April 16, 2016: Ecuador is rocked on its coast by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed 663 people.

— October 26, 2015: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake shakes South Asia, leaving at least 364 dead and more than 2,000 injured. The epicenter was northeastern Afghanistan, but the majority of victims, at least 248, were recorded in Pakistan.

— April 25, 2015: Nepal survives a 7.8 earthquake, whose epicenter occurs less than 80 kilometers from the capital Kathmandu. The number of people who lost their lives exceeded 8,000. Just a few weeks later, on May 12 of the same year, a 7.3 earthquake struck the region again, leaving at least 125 people dead in Nepal, India and Tibet.

– August 3, 2014: An earthquake hits China, in Yunnan province, killing at least 615 people and injuring another 2,400. The United States Geological Survey estimated the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.1, although the China Seismological Network Center put it at 6.5.

— September 24, 2013: Pakistan is affected by a 7.7 earthquake in its Balochistan province. More than 300 people were killed.

— April 20, 2013: An earthquake shakes Sichuan province, in southwestern China, leaving at least 192 people dead. The US Geological Survey estimated it had a magnitude of 6.6, but the China Seismological Network Center estimated it at 7.0.

— November 7, 2012: a 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Guatemala kills at least 139 people.

— August 11, 2012: two earthquakes shake northern Iran. The first had a magnitude of 6.4 and the second, just 11 minutes later, was 6.3. At least 306 people died and another 3,000 were injured.

— February 6, 2012: The coast of Negros, in the Philippines, is shaken by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake, in which at least 113 people die.

— October 23, 2011: A 7.1 earthquake struck eastern Turkey. The deaths of 604 people were confirmed.

— September 18, 2011: India’s Sikkim state survives a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 111 people.

— March 11, 2011: an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Japan, triggering a tsunami, leaving 15,845 dead and 3,380 missing. The overwhelming tsunami also caused the worst nuclear catastrophe, second only to Chernobyl, by causing system failures at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant that ended up turning the surrounding city into a ghost town and which continues to affect Japan.

— February 21, 2011: New Zealand experiences a 6.3 earthquake in its city of Christchurch. Deaths were estimated at 181.

— October 25, 2010: A 7.7 earthquake and subsequent tsunami kill more than 500 people in Indonesia.

— April 13, 2010: the Chinese province of Qinghai is shaken by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. At least 2,968 people died.

— February 27, 2010: an 8.8 magnitude earthquake shakes central Chile, killing 547 people.

— February 2010: Strong earthquakes hit Haiti, causing a death toll of between 250,000 and 300,000.

— February 2010: An earthquake in the Chinese province of Qinghai leaves 2,187 dead and 80 missing.

— January 12, 2010: a magnitude 7 earthquake hits Haiti 22 kilometers from Port-au-Prince. USAID estimated that 230,000 people died, but other estimates maintain that the number rises to 316,000 deaths.

— September 30, 2009: Sumatra, Indonesia, suffers a 7.6 earthquake, during which more than 1,000 people died.

— September 29, 2009: An 8.0 earthquake triggers tsunamis of up to 12 meters (40 feet) and kills 194 people in the South Pacific, including 34 in American Samoa.

— April 6, 2009: Central Italy was shaken by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that killed 295 people.

— October 28, 2008: A 6.4 earthquake hits Pakistan, killing 295 people.

— May 12, 2008: the central part of China suffers an earthquake that leaves more than 87 thousand dead.

— September 2007: a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shakes the island of Sumatra, triggering regional tsunami warnings and damaging dozens of buildings.

— September 2007: An 8.4 magnitude earthquake near Sumatra triggers a wave that hits the coastal city of Padang. The phenomenon kills at least 25 people and injures around 50.

— August 15, 2007: Peru survives a magnitude 8 earthquake in which approximately 514 people died.

— April 2007: At least 28 people die in the Solomon Islands due to a tsunami and an 8.1 magnitude earthquake.

— July 17, 2006: A 7.7 earthquake causes a tsunami off the south coast of Java, Indonesia, leaving at least 730 people dead.

— May 26, 2006: Indonesia, in Java, is shaken by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake during which at least 5,749 people die.

— October 8, 2005: A 7.6 earthquake hits Pakistan. At least 86,000 people died.

— March 28, 2005: An 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia kills about 1,300 people.

— February 22, 2005: Iran is shaken by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, during which approximately 612 people die.

— December 26, 2004: A 9.1 earthquake hits the coast of Indonesia. The earthquake and subsequent tsunamis it generated killed 227,898 people in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Bangladesh.

— December 26, 2003: In the city of Bam, southeastern Iran, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake kills almost 31,000 people.

— May 21, 2003: a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in northern Algeria left at least 2,266 people dead.

— January 26, 2001: Nearly 20,000 people died in a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Gujarat, India.

— August 1976: an 8.0 magnitude earthquake is recorded near the Philippine islands of Mindanao and Sulu, causing a tsunami and leaving at least five thousand dead.

— March 1964: A 9.2 earthquake in Prince William Inlet, Alaska, kills 131 people, including 128 in a tsunami.

— May 1960: a 9.5 magnitude earthquake, followed by a devastating tsunami in several Pacific coastal countries, left 5,700 dead in Chile, 61 in Hawaii and 130 in Japan.

— November 1952: a magnitude 9 earthquake on the Kamchatka peninsula, which causes a devastating tsunami that affects Chile and Peru, leaving more than 2,300 people dead.

— August 1950: An 8.6 magnitude earthquake in Assam, Tibet, causes at least 780 deaths.

— April 1946: An 8.1 magnitude earthquake near the Unimak Islands in Alaska triggers a tsunami that kills 156 people, most of them in Hawaii.

— January 1906: an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coasts of Colombia and Ecuador triggers a tsunami that leaves a thousand dead.

— August 1868: a 9.0 earthquake in Arica, Peru (now Chile) causes catastrophic tsunamis; More than 25 thousand people died in South America.

— April 1868: a 7.9 earthquake shakes Hawaii’s Big Island, leaving 77 people dead, including 46 in a tsunami.

— November 1755: an 8.7 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Lisbon kill around 60,000 people and destroy much of the Portuguese capital.

— July 1730: an 8.7 earthquake in Valparaíso, Chile, leaves at least three thousand dead.

— January 1700: a 9.0 magnitude earthquake shakes what is now northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, and causes a tsunami in Japan.