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Deaths from Earthquakes in 1999

Deaths from Earthquakes in 1999

Deaths from Earthquakes in 1999
Date
UTC
Region Magnitude Number
Killed *
1999/01/25 Colombia 6.2 1,885
1999/02/11 Afghanistan 6.0 70
1999/02/21 Eastern Caucasus 5.3 1
1999/03/04 Southern Iran 6.6 1
1999/03/28 Xizang-India Border Region 6.6 100
1999/04/03 Near Coast of Peru 6.8 1
1999/04/22 Republic of South Africa 5.7 2
1999/05/06 Southern Iran 6.2 26
1999/06/15 Central Mexico 7.0 20
1999/07/11 Honduras 6.7 2
1999/07/22 Bay of Bengal 5.2 6
1999/08/10 Northern Iran 4.5 1
1999/08/17 Turkey 7.6 17,118
1999/08/31 Turkey 5.2 1
1999/09/07 Greece 6.0 143
1999/09/13 Turkey 5.9 7
1999/09/20 Taiwan 7.7 2,297
1999/09/29 Turkey 5.2 1
1999/09/30 Oaxaca, Mexico 7.5 35
1999/10/22 Taiwan 5.9 1
1999/11/07 Turkey 5.0 1
1999/11/11 Turkey 5.7 2
1999/11/12 Turkey 7.2 894
1999/11/24 Yunnan, China 4.8 1
1999/11/26 Vanuatu Islands 7.5 10
1999/12/03 Turkey 5.7 1
1999/12/11 Luzon, Philippine Islands 7.3 5
1999/12/15 Leyte, Philippine Islands 4.8 1
1999/12/21 Sunsa Strait 6.6 5
1999/12/22 Northern Algeria 5.5 24
Total 22,662

* Includes "missing and presumed dead"; from 1999 Significant Earthquakes of the World

 


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